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CVE-2020-0756 — An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Cryptography Next Generati

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) service when it fails to properly handle objects in memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.The se

CVSS
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EPSS
0.53% (top 33.10%)
CWE
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Published
2020-02-11T21:23:28.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T06:11:05.633Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) service when it fails to properly handle objects in memory.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the service handles objects in memory., aka 'Windows Key…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftWindows10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems, 10 for 32-bit Systems, 10 for x64-based Systems, 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1, 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, 8.1 for 32-bit systems, 8.1 for x64-based systems, RT 8.1
MicrosoftWindows Serverversion 1803 (Core Installation), 2019, 2019 (Core installation), 2016, 2016 (Core installation), 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2, 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation), 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2, 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2, 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Core installation), 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1, 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Core installation), 2012, 2012 (Core installation), 2012 R2, 2012 R2 (Core installation)
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909 for 32bit Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909 for x64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64based Systems — unspecified
MicrosoftWindows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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