What is CVE-2020-36163?

CVE-2020-36163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2021-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-36163?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2020-36163

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup and OpsCenter through 8.3.0.1. NetBackup processes using Strawberry Perl attempt to load and execute libraries from paths that do not exist by default on the Windows operating system. By default…

EPSS: 0.004 (31.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Veritas Netbackup
Veritas Opscenter
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36163?: CVE-2020-36163 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2021-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-36163?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.