What is CVE-2020-36169?

CVE-2020-36169 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2021-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-36169?

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

Is CVE-2020-36169 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2020-36169

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

EPSS: 0.004 (35.3th 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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon
chnzzh/OpenSSL-CVE-lib

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36169?: CVE-2020-36169 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2021-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-36169?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36169 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.