CVE-2020-16897

MEDIUM

Windows - Information Disclosure via NetBT Memory Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when NetBIOS over TCP (NBT) Extensions (NetBT) improperly handle objects in memory. 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 have run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how a NetBT handles objects in memory.</p>

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0124
EPSS Percentile 66.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (20)
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10 1607
microsoft/windows_10 1709
microsoft/windows_10 1803
microsoft/windows_10 1809
microsoft/windows_10 1903
microsoft/windows_10 1909
microsoft/windows_10 2004
microsoft/windows_7 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_8.1 (2 CPE variants)
... and 10 more
Published Oct 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026