CVE-2020-17144 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Exchange Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

The EPSS score is 0.92693.

Exploitation active

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Exchange Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2010:sp3_rollup_31:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17144
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17144
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17144

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17144

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-17144

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17144

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-12-09T23:36:55.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:31.745Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-17144

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:53:17.036Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-10T00:15:16.120

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:00.210

Link: CVE-2020-17144

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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