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CVE-2020-0609

80
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-0609 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) in Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted RDP requests to the target system. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, proof-of-concept denial-of-service exploits exist, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media attention, including demonstrations of RCE exploits. Despite the lack of public RCE exploit code, the high risk and ease of exploitation necessitate immediate patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-47963 · Jan 23, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7490 is in the 98th 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 (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2012 R2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Jan/CVE-2020-0609Critical

Windows Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jan 14, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0609
PatchVendor Advisory