To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker would be required to use MS-NRPC to connect to a domain controller to obtain domain administrator access.
Microsoft is addressing the vulnerability in a phased two-part rollout. These updates address the vulnerability by modifying how Netlogon handles the usage of Netlogon secure channels.
For guidelines on how to manage the changes required for this vulnerability and more information on the phased rollout, see How to manage the changes in Netlogon secure channel connections associated with CVE-2020-1472 (updated September 28, 2020).
When the second phase of Windows updates become available in Q1 2021, customers will be notified via a revision to this security vulnerability. If you wish to be notified when these updates are released, we recommend that you register for the security notifications mailer to be alerted of content changes to this advisory. See Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2463-1 | samba security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4510-1 | Samba vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4510-2 | Samba vulnerability |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4559-1 | Samba update |
Solution
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Workaround
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| Weaknesses | CWE-330 | NVD-CWE-noinfo |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:37.656Z
Reserved: 2019-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-1472
Updated: 2024-08-04T06:39:09.690Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-08-17T19:15:15.117
Modified: 2025-10-29T13:54:15.257
Link: CVE-2020-1472
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Debian DLA
Ubuntu USN