cvelist/2020/16xxx/CVE-2020-16852.json

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                "value": "<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the OneDrive for Windows Desktop application improperly handles symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could overwrite a targeted file with an elevated status.</p>\n<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 delete a targeted file with an elevated status.</p>\n<p>The update addresses this vulnerability by correcting where the OneDrive updater performs file writes while running with elevation.</p>\n"
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