CVE•Published 2020-03-12•Modified 2026-08-12•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2020-0787Microsoft · Windows_10_1507

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Timeline

Published 2020-03-12

Modified 2026-08-12

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag441 hosts

vuln:CVE-2020-0787

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · OS

os:"Windows 10 1507"

Hosts Shodan identified as running Windows 10 1507.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2020-0787

Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.

Censys

vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2020-0787