CVE-2020-0835: Microsoft Windows Defender

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Defender antimalware platform improperly handles hard links, aka 'Windows Defender Antimalware Platform Hard Link Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Defender: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-04-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.