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CVE-2020-17078

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-17078 is a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Raw Image Extension. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA KEV or having public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100 and mention in a BleepingComputer article from November 2020 indicate its significance. Community discussion is limited, but its high EPSS score suggests a non-negligible probability of exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.32861.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:raw_image_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0293 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Nov/CVE-2020-17078Critical

Raw Image Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 10, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17078
PatchVendor Advisory