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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-1031

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/31/2023 5:15:53 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

								
								
					

					

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An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Server DHCP service improperly discloses the contents of its memory.To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet to an affected DHCP server, aka 'Windows DHCP Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Server DHCP service improperly discloses the contents of its memory.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet to an affected DHCP server.  An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how DHCP servers initializes memory.</p>