CVE-2020-1421

highpriority · attend · 61EPSS 0.745 · 99 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
74.5% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 9.3 · high
Is it mine?
82 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows that could allow remote code execution if a .LNK file is processed.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user, aka 'LNK Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-843USprimaryCWE-64US
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affected products (82)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2020-07-14modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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