<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when NetBIOS over TCP (NBT) Extensions (NetBT) improperly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p>
<p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have run a specially crafted application. The vulnerability would not allow an attacker to execute code or to elevate user rights directly, but it could be used to obtain information that could be used to try to further compromise the affected system.</p>
<p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how a NetBT handles objects in memory.</p>
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: 2020-10-16T22:17:40
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.612Z
Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-16897
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                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:13.507
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:07:20.747
Link: CVE-2020-16897
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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