What is CVE-2020-15931?

CVE-2020-15931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-15931?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-15931 known to be exploited?

10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner

CVE-2020-15931

Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner before 5.1 allows remote attackers to capture the Net-NTLMv1/v2 authentication challenge hash of the Domain Administrator (that is configured within the product in its installation state) by generating a single Kerberos Pre-Authentication Failed (ID 4771) event on a Domain Controller.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.037 (88.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netwrix Account_lockout_examiner
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15931?: CVE-2020-15931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-15931?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-15931 known to be exploited?: 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.