CVE-2020-0728
An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly discloses...
An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly discloses file information, aka 'Windows Modules Installer Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly discloses file information, aka 'Windows Modules Installer Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-0728- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly discloses file information, aka 'Windows Modules Installer Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
CVE-2020-0728- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2217No score
An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly discloses file information, aka 'Windows Modules Installer Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
EUVD-2020-2217- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-235j-2p37-2vfqNo score
An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly discloses...
An information vulnerability exists when Windows Modules Installer Service improperly discloses file information, aka 'Windows Modules Installer Service Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-235j-2p37-2vfq- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft windows
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1903 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for 32-bit systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for arm64-based systems
- microsoft windows 10 version 1909 for x64-based systems
- microsoft windows server
- microsoft windows server, version 1903 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server, version 1909 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows server 2016
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Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | irsl/CVE-2020-0728 | 2020-02-12 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-0728 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows, published February 11, 2020. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.76%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0728
seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/21
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156394/Microsoft-Windows-Modules-Installer-Service-Information-Disclosure.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0728
github.com/advisories/GHSA-235j-2p37-2vfq