CVE-2020-17091 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Teams Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 2020-11-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Microsoft Teams

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`N/A`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:teams:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-9046	Microsoft Teams Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01831.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-17091

History

Fri, 29 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-94
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft Teams

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-11-11T06:48:34.000Z

Updated: 2026-05-29T20:52:09.227Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-17091

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:53:17.395Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-11T07:15:19.200

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:58:39.727

Link: CVE-2020-17091

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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