CVE-2020-17138: Windows Error Reporting Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Information Disclosure

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2020-Dec

Released

2020-12-08

EPSS Score

0.59% (percentile: 69.3%)

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is unauthorized file system access - reading from the file system.

Affected Products (4)

Windows

• Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
• Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
• Windows Server 2016
• Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

Security Updates (1)

• 4593226

Acknowledgments

Tao Yan (<a href="https://twitter.com/Ga1ois">@Ga1ois</a>) from Palo Alto Networks

Revision History

• 2020-12-08: Information published.