# CVE-2020-17087

Windows Kernel Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2020-17087
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03
- EPSS: 5.43% (percentile 92.8)
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 3 GitHub proofs of concept (first 2020-11-26)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2024-01-30)
- Weakness: CWE-131
- Published: 2020-11-11

## Affected versions

- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1803: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1809: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1909: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 2004: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 20H2: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 7: affected >= 6.1.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1: affected >= 6.1.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows 8.1: affected >= 6.3.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1: affected >= 6.1.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation): affected >= 6.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2: affected >= 6.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008  Service Pack 2: affected >= 6.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation): affected >= 6.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected >= 6.2.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2: affected >= 6.3.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation): affected >= 6.3.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation): affected >= 6.2.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation): affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation): affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation): affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation): affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server version 2004: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication
- Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2: affected >= 10.0.0 and < publication

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17087
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17087

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