Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-0989 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Microsoft products

Summary

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Windows Mobile Device Management (MDM) Diagnostics improperly handles junctions. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to read files.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and access files.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the how Windows MDM Diagnostics handles files.</p>

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

• CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

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