<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when a Windows Projected Filesystem improperly handles file redirections. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user's system</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>
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-09-11T17:08:49
Updated: 2024-10-01T15:57:23.550Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16879
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.440Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2020-09-11T17:15:17.637
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:18.983
Link: CVE-2020-16879
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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