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CVE-2020-0616

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-0616 is a denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. The vulnerability arises from improper handling of hard links, allowing an authenticated, local attacker to cause a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), it has low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules or proof-of-concept code available in common exploit databases. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low current attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1809CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1903CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1909CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1903CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1909CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0166 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Jan/CVE-2020-0616Important

Microsoft Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability

Jan 14, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0616
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-20-124
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry