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CVE-2020-17079

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-17079 is a critical Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Raw Image Extension. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system with no user interaction required, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it represents a severe threat due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available, and community discussion and media coverage are limited.

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
2.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0287 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 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-2020-17079Critical

Raw Image Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 10, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17079
PatchVendor Advisory