vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2020-16896: Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 13, 2020 | Oct 13, 2020 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 13, 2020
Added
Oct 13, 2020
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4580327microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4580328microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4580330microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb4577668microsoft-windows-windows_10-1903-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-1909-kb4577671microsoft-windows-windows_10-2004-kb4579311microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4580358microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4580346microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb4577668msft-kb4577671-c42dc613-fb5b-4c45-925c-4f508584a635msft-kb4577671-ddbf4c81-6ca7-4986-999e-9275ef508017msft-kb4579311-e9f0550d-b150-4eeb-bf5e-1a08b117e7afmsft-kb4580358-12cf7c4b-339c-47dc-a087-73a7a0dedf6fmsft-kb4580358-ef30fd6b-8580-4ec5-9190-5cdb4b02f438
References
- CVE-2020-16896
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-16896
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4577668
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4577671
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4579311
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580327
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580328
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580330
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580346
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/4580358
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