8.8
HIGH
CVE-2020-16898
Windows TCP/IP Stack ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the ability to execute code on the target server or client.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.</p>

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 16, 2020, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 31, 2023, 8:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-16898 has a 55 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-16898 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_10
2 Microsoft windows_server_2016
3 Microsoft windows_server_2019
4 Microsoft windows_10_1809
5 Microsoft windows_10_1803
6 Microsoft windows_10_1909
7 Microsoft windows_server_1903
8 Microsoft windows_server_1909
9 Microsoft windows_server_2004
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-16898.

URL Resource
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16898 Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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0x4ymn/PENTESTING_BIBLE

None

Updated: 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 15, 2024, 6:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.
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Cruxer8Mech/Idk

None

Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 26, 2024, 1:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 233 different CVEs too.
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lions2012/Penetration_Testing_POC

渗透测试有关的POC、EXP、脚本、提权、小工具等---About penetration-testing python-script poc getshell csrf xss cms php-getshell domainmod-xss csrf-webshell cobub-razor cve rce sql sql-poc poc-exp bypass oa-getshell cve-cms

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 305 different CVEs too.
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cwannett/Docs-resources

None

Go Shell HTML PHP

Updated: 9 months, 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 1, 2023, 9:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.
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hktalent/bug-bounty

bounty collection

Shell Python Dockerfile Ruby JavaScript ASP.NET Classic ASP HTML PHP Jupyter Notebook

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
26 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 11, 2023, 11:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 234 different CVEs too.
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0xZipp0/BIBLE

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 3, 2023, 2:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.
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Ashadowkhan/PENTESTINGBIBLE

None

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 15, 2023, 5:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.
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hacker-insider/Hacking

None

Updated: 7 months ago
5 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2023, 8:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.
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xuetusummer/Penetration_Testing_POC

None

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago
6 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 2:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 270 different CVEs too.
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dli408097/pentesting-bible

None

Updated: 2 years ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 24, 2022, 6:04 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.
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readloud/Pentesting-Bible

Explore more than 2000 hacking articles saved over time as PDF. BROWSE HISTORY.

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2022, 7:16 a.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.
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soosmile/POC

None

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.
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ovchinic/CS-478

Network Security

Lua Python

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2022, 10:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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SexyBeast233/SecBooks

安全类各家文库大乱斗

HTML CSS JavaScript Go Python Shell C

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
856 stars 214 fork 214 watcher
Born at : Feb. 15, 2022, 3:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 568 different CVEs too.
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winterwolf32/CVE-S---Penetration_Testing_POC-

None

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 6 months, 4 weeks ago
11 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 27, 2022, 9:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 193 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-16898 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • BleepingComputer
Zero-click Windows TCP/IP RCE impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled

Microsoft warned customers this Tuesday to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with an increased likelihood of exploitation that impacts all Windows systems using IPv6, w ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 14, 2024 (3 months ago)
CVE-2024-38063 CVE-2023-28231 CVE-2021-24086 CVE-2020-16899 CVE-2020-16898
  • BleepingComputer
Zero-click Windows TCP/IP RCE impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled, patch now

Microsoft warned customers this Tuesday to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with an increased likelihood of exploitation that impacts all Windows systems using IPv6, w ... Read more

Published Date: Aug 14, 2024 (3 months ago)
CVE-2024-38063 CVE-2023-28231 CVE-2021-24086 CVE-2020-16899 CVE-2020-16898

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-16898 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets, aka 'Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the ability to execute code on the target server or client.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.</p>
    Added CVSS V3.1 Microsoft Corporation AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16898 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16898 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1903:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1909:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-16898 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-16898 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.88 }} -0.01%

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0.82819

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