CVE-2020-0805: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could delete a targeted file they would not have permissions to.</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.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows Projected Filesystem handle file redirections.</p>

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 2004 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: version 2004 only

Published 2020-09-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.