CVE-2020-1472

medium KEV
Published 2021-11-03 ยท Modified 2021-11-03
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Microsoft's Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC) contains a privilege escalation vulnerability when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller. An attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability could run a specially crafted application on a device on the network. The vulnerability is also known under the moniker of Zerologon.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Netlogon
Due date
2022-05-03

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27
{Vendor advisory: cisa-kev โ€” Reference CISA's ED 20-04 (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/ed-20-04-mitigate-netlogon-elevation-privilege-vulnerability-august-2020-patch-tuesday) for further guidance and requirements. Note: The due date for addressing this vulnerability aligns with the requirements outlined in ED 20-04. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1472}

Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-49071 remote windows
West Shepherd ยท 2020-11-18

ZeroLogon - Netlogon Elevation of Privilege

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

Netlogon Weak Cryptographic Authentication
Source fetch failed: fetch_error โ€” view the original via the link above.

OS impact

suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected โ€”
arch Arch Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Fixed 4.13.0-1
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2:4.13.2+dfsg-2
sid Fixed 2:4.13.2+dfsg-2
forky Fixed 2:4.13.2+dfsg-2
bullseye Fixed 2:4.13.2+dfsg-2
bookworm Fixed 2:4.13.2+dfsg-2
redhat Red Hat Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
8 Fixed โ€”
rockylinux Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
8 Fixed โ€”

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.