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CVE-2020-1509

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 3.26% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-08-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
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CVE
CVE-2020-1509
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
3.26%

Original NVD Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) when an authenticated attacker sends a specially crafted authentication request. A remote attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause an elevation of privilege on the target system's LSASS service. The security update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way that LSASS handles specially crafted authentication requests.

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