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CVE record · CVE-2020-0688

Improper authentication in Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and others

CVSS 8.8 HighCriticalIn CISA KEV · ransomwareEPSS 1.00 · 99th percentile

Critical, because:

  • In CISA’s KEV catalogue since 3 Nov 2021: it is known to be exploited.
  • CVSS score 8.8 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 1.00 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 11 Feb 2020, 21:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
  • affected Cumulative Update 23
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 3
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 14
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 15
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 4
  • affected unspecified
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 Update Rollup 30
  • affected unspecified
Identifiers
CVE-2020-0688
CNA
microsoft
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-287
Tags
Published
11 Feb 2020
Updated
21 Oct 2025

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Listed since 3 Nov 2021: known to be exploited. CISA reports use in ransomware campaigns.
  • EPSS 1.00, the 99th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Feb 2020. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.