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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2020-0606 in the critical feed json

Remote code execution in Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref

published 2020-01-14 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-r4mw-gxf7-vxr9 , EUVD-2022-5088

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
18.3%
EPSS 18.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET software when the software fails to check the source markup of a file.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, aka '.NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0605.

Patch / fix

  • nuget Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref 3.0.2, 3.1.1
  • nuget Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86 3.0.2, 3.1.11
  • nuget Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64 3.0.2, 3.1.11

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-0606 updated cvss 8.8

dotnet: Malfunctioning StickyNotes annotation XML files malicious execution prevetion

  • Red Hat .NET Core 2.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet21, rh-dotnet21-runtime Red Hat .NET Core 2.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet22, rh-dotnet22-runtime Red Hat .NET Core 3.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet30, rh-dotnet30-runtime Red Hat .NET Core 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-dotnet31, rh-dotnet31-runtime Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 dotnet, dotnet3.0, dotnet-host, dotnet-sdk-2.1, dotnet-sdk-3.0, dotnet-hostfxr-3.0, +10 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

18.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
nuget Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Ref
>=3.0.1, <3.0.2
>=3.1.0, <3.1.1
3.0.2
3.1.1
nuget Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x86
>=3.0.0, <3.0.2
>=3.1.0, <3.1.11
3.0.2
3.1.11
nuget Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App.Runtime.win-x64
>=3.0.0, <3.0.2
>=3.1.0, <3.1.11
3.0.2
3.1.11

Affected products

  • Microsoft .NET Core
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows RT 8.1
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 on Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1903 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1903 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server, version 1903 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1909 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server, version 1909 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 on Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.