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CVE-2020-11081

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-11081 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in osquery versions prior to 4.4.0 on Windows systems. A local attacker can exploit this by placing a malicious zlib1.dll in a user-writable directory within the system's PATH, which osquery will then load with elevated privileges. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:osquery:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / osquery/osquery/commit/4d4957f12a6aa0becc9d01d9f97061e1e3d809c5
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / osquery/osquery/issues/6426
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / osquery/osquery/pull/6433
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / osquery/osquery/releases/tag/4.4.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / osquery/osquery/security/advisories/GHSA-2xwp-8fv7-c5pm
Third Party Advisory