CVE•Published 2020-01-14•Modified 2026-08-12•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2020-0638Microsoft · Windows_10_1709
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
86
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 14% of all CVEs
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Update Notification Manager handles files.To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to gain execution on the victim system, aka 'Update Notification Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Timeline
Published 2020-01-14
Modified 2026-08-12
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2020-0638Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · OS
os:"Windows 10 1709"Hosts Shodan identified as running Windows 10 1709.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2020-0638Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2020-0638Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2020-0638Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2020-0638GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2020-0638" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (4)
CVE-2020-06384 repos
S3cur3Th1sSh1t/WinPwnPowerShell
Automation for internal Windows Penetrationtest / AD-Security
SexyBeast233/SecBooksHTML
安全类各家文库大乱斗
GhostTroops/TOPShell
TOP All bugbounty pentesting CVE-2023- POC Exp RCE example payload Things
Ostorlab/KEVunknown
Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.