CVE-2020-17051 Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

What is CVE-2020-17051?

CVE-2020-17051 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 11 Nov 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-17051?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2019.

How do I fix CVE-2020-17051?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-17051 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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Is CVE-2020-17051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-17051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2008

• CVE-2020-1350 Microsoft Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-1040 Microsoft Hyper-V RemoteFX vGPU Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.0
• CVE-2011-1966 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-0239 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-0240 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows Server 2008 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wpvf-5wxj-5643.