Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS 5.5. EPSS 94.4% (very high exploitation probability). KEV-listed (actively exploited in the wild). Public PoC/exploit available. Vendor patch available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged attacker could exploit this flaw in the affected application to escalate privileges, gaining administrative or root-level access to the system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 26, 2026
A privilege escalation vulnerability (CVSS 5.5). Risk factors: actively exploited (KEV-listed), EPSS 94% exploitation probability, public PoC available. Vendor patch is available.
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An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller, using the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). An att
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor-supplied patch immediately. This is CISA KEV-listed — federal agencies must remediate per BOD 22-01 deadlines. Given the high exploitation probability, prioritize remediation over other vulnerabilities.
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Vulnerability type: privilege escalation.
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5DescriptionCVE.org
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller, using the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run a specially crafted application on a device on the network. 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.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2020-1472 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 5.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild (KEV-listed). A patch is available and should be applied during regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
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