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CVE-2020-17086

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-17086 is a critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Raw Image Extension. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation (KEV listed as No), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future 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
4.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0426 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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, 0.3 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-2020-17086Important

Raw Image Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 10, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17086
PatchVendor Advisory