CVE-2020-16962: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows Backup Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 20h2 only; version 1607 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only; version 1903 only; …
• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 20h2 only; version 1903 only; version 1909 only; version 2004 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2020-12-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.