CVE-2020-16962

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.8
EPSS: EPSS 1.14 % · percentile 66 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2020-12-09
Updated: 2026-06-09
Assigner: microsoft
NVD status: Modified

Description

Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	HIGH 7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2020-8920
GCVE · GCVE-0-2020-16962

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2020-AVI-807 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Windows · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:x64:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:20h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1507	affected 10.0.10240.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1607	affected 10.0.14393.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1803	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.17763.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1809	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 1909	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 2004	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 10 Version 20H2	affected 10.0.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows 7	affected 6.1.0 < 6.1.7601.24563
Microsoft · Windows 7 Service Pack 1	affected 6.1.0 < 6.1.7601.24563
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1	affected 6.1.7601.0 < 6.1.7601.24563
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)	affected 6.1.7601.0 < 6.1.7601.24563
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016	affected 10.0.14393.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.14393.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019	affected 10.0.17763.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)	affected 10.0.17763.0 < publication
Microsoft · Windows Server version 2004	affected 10.0.0 < publication

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD