CVE-2020-0787
Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2022-01-28
- Due date
- 2022-07-28
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
42.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 98th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.