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CVE-2020-0872

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-0872 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Application Inspector versions v1.0.23 and earlier. This flaw arises when the tool incorporates example code snippets from third-party source files directly into its HTML output, allowing for malicious code injection. With a CVSS score of 9.6, it presents a high-impact threat, requiring user interaction but offering a low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:application_inspector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.6CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0985 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 834 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Application Inspector
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Mar/CVE-2020-0872Important

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Application Inspector

Mar 10, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0872
PatchVendor Advisory