CVE-2020-16905
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2020-10-16
Am I affected?
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Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows Error Reporting (WER) when WER handles and executes files. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker can successfully exploit it.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain greater access to sensitive information and system functionality. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that WER handles and executes files.</p>
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2020-10-1623:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-16905?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2020-16905?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
| 1607.x | = 1607 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1709.x | = 1709 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1803.x | = 1803 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1809.x | = 1809 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1903.x | = 1903 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1909.x | = 1909 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2004.x | = 2004 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
| 1903.x | = 1903 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1909.x | = 1909 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2004.x | = 2004 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | all versions | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
Advisories and patches
- portal.msrc.microsoft.comPatch · Vendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- CNACVSS 3.16.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04.6read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.0 %2026-10-23
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2020-10-16
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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