CVE-2020-1472: Zerologon

Score: 10
CRITICAL
Published: 2020-08-11Affected: Windows Server 2008-2019CWE-330 β†—

What is Zerologon?

A critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). By exploiting a cryptographic flaw in the AES-CFB8 implementation, attackers can establish a Netlogon session with a domain controller using an all-zero computer credential.

Impact & Exploitation

Enables domain admin compromise in seconds. CVSS 10.0. Exploited by Iranian and Chinese APTs. Full Active Directory takeover from any network position.

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