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CVE-2020-0837

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-0837 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) affecting Microsoft Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. It allows an attacker to bypass some multi-factor authentication factors by sending a specially crafted request. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact to integrity, but requiring high attack complexity and low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1607CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
1607CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 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, 0.1 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 (22)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1909 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1903 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 2004 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 2004 for ARM64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 2004 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server, version 2004 (Server Core installation)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Sep/CVE-2020-0837Important

ADFS MFA Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Sep 8, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0837
PatchVendor Advisory