CVE-2020-0787

CRITICALNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-01-28), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 43%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · Metasploit · epss top5pct · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
43%
EPSS %ILE
99%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

March 12, 2020

Last Modified

October 29, 2025

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 3, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: microsoft, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-0787
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0787
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158056/Background-Intelligent-Transfer-Service-Privilege-Escalation.html

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 61× in last 7d / 349× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 716 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-28 09:18 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-28 09:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-28 05:02 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-28 05:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-28 00:48 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-28 00:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-27 20:36 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-27 20:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-27 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  10. 2026-07-27 17:17 UTCCISA KEV update
  11. 2026-07-27 16:13 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-27 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-27 12:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-27 07:48 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-27 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-27 03:34 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-27 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-26 23:22 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-26 23:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-26 19:07 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-26 19:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-26 14:55 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-26 14:55 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-07-26 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-26 14:51 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-26 10:42 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-26 10:42 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-26 10:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-26 06:30 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-26 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-26 02:18 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-26 02:18 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-26 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-25 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-24 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-23 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-23 14:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-23 01:48 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-22 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-22 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-22 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  18. 2026-07-22 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-22 17:13 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-22 17:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-22 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-22 12:59 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-22 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-22 08:47 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-22 08:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-07-22 04:33 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-07-22 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-22 00:21 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-22 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-21 18:01 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-07-21 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  33. 2026-07-21 13:48 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-07-21 13:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-21 09:35 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-21 09:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-21 05:21 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-07-21 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-21 01:07 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-21 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-20 20:54 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-07-20 20:54 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-07-20 20:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-20 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-07-20 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-07-20 12:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-07-20 08:17 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-20 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-20 04:02 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-20 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-19 23:49 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-07-19 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-19 19:37 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-07-19 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-19 15:25 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-07-19 15:25 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-07-19 15:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-07-19 14:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-07-19 14:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-07-19 11:10 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-07-19 11:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-19 06:58 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-07-19 06:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-07-19 02:45 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-07-19 02:45 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-07-19 02:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-07-18 22:30 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-07-18 22:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-18 18:18 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-07-18 18:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-07-18 14:04 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-07-18 14:04 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-07-18 14:04 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(3 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCyanghaoi/CVE-2020-0787
    First seen Nov 16, 2021

    CVE-2020-0787的简单回显

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCcbwang505/CVE-2020-0787-EXP-ALL-WINDOWS-VERSION
    First seen Jun 16, 2020

    Support ALL Windows Version

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/windows/local/cve_2020_0787_bits_arbitrary_file_move✓ verified
    First seen Mar 10, 2020

    Background Intelligent Transfer Service Arbitrary File Move Privilege Elevation Vulnerability

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2020-0787?
CVE-2020-0787 is a critical vulnerability published on March 12, 2020. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) improperly handles symbolic links, aka 'Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
When was CVE-2020-0787 disclosed?
CVE-2020-0787 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 12, 2020, with the most recent update on October 29, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-0787 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2020-0787 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on January 28, 2022, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-0787?
CVE-2020-0787 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2020-0787?
CVE-2020-0787 affects Microsoft Windows. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2020-0787?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-0787, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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