CVE-2020-16897
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when NetBIOS over TCP (NBT) Extensions (NetBT) improperly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how a NetBT handles objects in memory.</p>
Published:Oct 16, 2020
Last Modified:Feb 23, 2026
EPS:Oct 16, 2020
EPSS Score:0.00615
CVSS Score:5.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10
Microsoft
Windows 10
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10 1507
Microsoft
Windows 10 1507
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10 1607
Microsoft
Windows 10 1607
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10 1803
Microsoft
Windows 10 1803
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10 1809
Microsoft
Windows 10 1809
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 10 1909
Microsoft
Windows 10 1909
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 7
Microsoft
Windows 7
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 8.1
Microsoft
Windows 8.1
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Rt 8.1
Microsoft
Windows Rt 8.1
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 1903
Microsoft
Windows Server 1903
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 1909
Microsoft
Windows Server 1909
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2004
Microsoft
Windows Server 2004
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2008
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2008 Sp2
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 Sp2
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2012
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 R2
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2016
Microsoft
Windows Server 2016
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2019
Microsoft
Windows Server 2019
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
