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CVE-2020-1418

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1418 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Diagnostics Execution Service, affecting Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and Windows Server 2019. This flaw stems from improper input sanitization, leading to insecure library loading. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it can be exploited locally with low complexity, allowing an attacker to gain high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1709CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
1709CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
1709CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
1803CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
1803CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
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
1.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0102 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (24)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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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 1803 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems
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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 1709 for 32-bit Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-Jul/CVE-2020-1418Important

Windows Diagnostics Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jul 14, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1418
PatchVendor Advisory