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CVE-2020-0734

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user...

8.8 High

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user connects to a malicious server, aka 'Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0681.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

16.5%Up 7.0 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used8.8

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user connects to a malicious server, aka 'Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0681.

Record
CVE-2020-0734
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user connects to a malicious server, aka 'Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0681.

Record
CVE-2020-0734
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-2223No score

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user connects to a malicious server, aka 'Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0681.

Record
EUVD-2020-2223
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g4hw-72p4-g688No score

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user...

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Client when a user connects to a malicious server, aka 'Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-0681.

Record
GHSA-g4hw-72p4-g688
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2020-0734 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Windows, published February 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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