CVE-2020-17073
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege 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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17073- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9028
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2020-9028- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x84w-jv96-fm2h
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique...
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-17074, CVE-2020-17076.
- Record
GHSA-x84w-jv96-fm2h- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Windows Update Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17073- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- 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
- microsoft windows 10 version 2004
- microsoft windows 10 version 20h2
- microsoft windows server version 2004
- microsoft windows server version 20h2
- microsoft windows server, version 1903 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows server, version 1909 (server core installation)
- microsoft windows 10
- microsoft windows server 2016
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17073 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1903 For 32-bit Systems, published November 11, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.90%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.