CVE-2020-1112
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.5
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
3.3%
87.8th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-434
Published 2020-05-21 · modified 2026-08-19
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | N | Network |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | C | Changed |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2020-05-21 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-19 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) IIS module improperly handles uploaded content. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could upload restricted file types to an IIS-hosted folder. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would require permissions to upload files via BITS. An attacker could then submit a specially crafted request to upload a file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows BITS validates file names.