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CVE-2020-16896

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  • Published2020-10-16

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Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. 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 need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-10-1623:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD
Microsoft windows 10
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
1607.x= 1607no fix published
1709.x= 1709no fix published
1803.x= 1803no fix published
1809.x= 1809no fix published
1903.x= 1903no fix published
1909.x= 1909no fix published
2004.x= 2004no fix published
Microsoft windows server 2016
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
1903.x= 1903no fix published
1909.x= 1909no fix published
2004.x= 2004no fix published
Microsoft windows server 2008
BranchAffectedFixed in
—all versionsno fix published
—= r2no fix published

5 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA21 products

As microsoft, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803

    platforms: 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems

    Affected
    • ≥ 10.0.0, < publicationfixed in publicationcustom
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809

    platforms: 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems

    Affected
    • ≥ 10.0.0, < publicationfixed in publicationcustom
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

    platforms: x64-based Systems

    Affected
    • ≥ 10.0.0, < publicationfixed in publicationcustom
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

    platforms: x64-based Systems

    Affected
    • ≥ 10.0.0, < publicationfixed in publicationcustom
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909

    platforms: 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems, ARM64-based Systems

    Affected
    • ≥ 10.0.0, < publicationfixed in publicationcustom
  • Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)

    platforms: x64-based Systems

    Affected
    • ≥ 10.0.0, < publicationfixed in publicationcustom

15 more products in the CVE record.

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Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

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none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2020-10-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-rh34-6rgm-2g3c

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16896?

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. 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 need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>

Is CVE-2020-16896 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-16896 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 12.6% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-16896?

CVE-2020-16896 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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