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CVE-2020-16896 Details

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. 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 need to run a specially crafted application against a server which provides Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how RDP handles connection requests.</p>

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16896 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16896 [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-16896
NVD Published Date:
Oct 16, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-16896 Details - Not Deferred