🛡️ CVE-2020-0606 — microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-20 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Remote code execution in Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, aka '.NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0605.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2020-0606 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2020-0606 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref (from 3.1.0 up to 3.1.1)
  • microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.runtime.win-x64 (from 3.1.0 up to 3.1.11)
  • microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.runtime.win-x86 (from 3.1.0 up to 3.1.11)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
portal.msrc.microsoft.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-20
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2023-11-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.ref 3.1.0 3.1.1
microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.runtime.win-x64 3.1.0 3.1.11
microsoft.windowsdesktop.app.runtime.win-x86 3.1.0 3.1.11

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