Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

When

2022-01-28 00:00 UTC · day precision

Where

Global (internet)

Category

cyber_exploit · ransomware

Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges.

Sources

• CISA ↗ · first seen 2022-01-28 00:00 UTC

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