CVE-2020-1472
Microsoft Netlogon Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2021-11-03. Federal due date: 2022-05-03.
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Public exploit code
Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.
- ZeroLogon - Netlogon Elevation of Privilege2020-11-18 · remote · windows
Impact
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller, using the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run a specially crafted application on a device on the network. To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker would be required to use MS-NRPC to connect to a domain controller to obtain domain administrator access. Microsoft is addressing the vulnerability in a phased two-part rollout. These updates address the vulnerability by modifying how Netlogon handles the usage of Netlogon secure channels. For guidelines on how to manage the changes required for this vulnerability and more information on the phased rollout, see How to manage the changes in Netlogon secure channel connections associated with CVE-2020-1472 (updated September 28, 2020). When the second phase of Windows updates become available in Q1 2021, customers will be notified via a revision to this security vulnerability. If you wish to be notified when these updates are released, we recommend that you register for the security notifications mailer to be alerted of content changes to this advisory. See Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows Server 1903 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 1909 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2004 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 | Version r2 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 | All versions Version r2 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | All versions |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 20h2 | All versions |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 31, 32, 33 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Versions 15.1, 15.2 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 |
| Synology | Directory Server | before 4.4.5-0101 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00080.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00086.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159190/Zerologon-Proof-Of-Concept.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160127/Zerologon-Netlogon-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/17/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00041.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H4OTFBL6YDVFH2TBJFJIE4FMHPJEEJK3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ST6X3A2XXYMGD4INR26DQ4FP4QSM753B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TAPQQZZAT4TG3XVRTAFV2Y3S7OAHFBUP/
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1472
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-24
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4510-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4510-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4559-1/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/490028
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00080.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00086.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159190/Zerologon-Proof-Of-Concept.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160127/Zerologon-Netlogon-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/17/2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00041.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H4OTFBL6YDVFH2TBJFJIE4FMHPJEEJK3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ST6X3A2XXYMGD4INR26DQ4FP4QSM753B/