[KEV] Vulnerability in Microsoft Netlogon (CVE-2020-1472)
Summary
Vulnerability in Microsoft Netlogon (CVE-2020-1472). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller, using the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC). An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run a specially crafted application on a device on the network.
To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker would be required to use MS-NRPC to connect to a domain controller to obtain domain administrator access.
Microsoft is addressing the vulnerability in a phased two-part rollout. These updates address the vulnerability by modifying how Netlogon handles the usage of Netlogon secure channels.
For guidelines on how to manage the changes required for this vulnerability and more information on the phased rollout, see How to manage the changes in Netlogon secure channel connections associated with CVE-2020-1472 (updated September 28, 2020).
When the second phase of Windows updates become available in Q1 2021, customers will be notified via a revision to this security vulnerability. If you wish to be notified when these updates are released, we recommend that you register for the security notifications mailer to be alerted of content changes to this advisory. See Microsoft Technical Security Notifications.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2020-1472 has been found in Microsoft Netlogon.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Note: CISA has officially confirmed this is actively exploited in the wild. Treat it with elevated urgency.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Microsoft Netlogon CVE-2020-1472" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2020-1472 (Microsoft Netlogon) — CWE-330
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited, treat as top priority.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-330) exists in Microsoft Netlogon.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Microsoft Netlogon.
Severity: High. Confidential information can be exposed externally. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited in the wild, treat as top priority.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Netlogon' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Netlogon' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Netlogonを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Consider incident declaration escalate
Notify SOC / on-callCISA KEV登録済 = 実環境で悪用が観測されている。侵入の兆候があればインシデント対応宣言、無くてもパッチ適用までWAF強化を最優先で。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2020-1472 samba Fixed in: 4.10.18-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1472 samba Fixed in: 2:4.13.2+dfsg-2
References
- advisory NVD
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory packetstormsecurity.com
- advisory openwall.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory lists.fedoraproject.org
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory kb.cert.org
- advisory synology.com
- patch portal.msrc.microsoft.com
- patch oracle.com
- report packetstormsecurity.com
- web cisa.gov