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CVE detail

CVE-2020-17103

Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.0 · HighBuzz score 32.4

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 32.4

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 14.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
17.9
5 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
14.5
5 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
5 source links · newest first
  • ication denial-of-service, and arbitrary code execution. Zero-day Vulnerabilities Patched in June Patch Tuesday Edition CVE-2026-49160: HTTP.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability Uncontrolled resource consumption in HTTP/2 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to deny service over a network. CVE-2026-45586: Windows Collaborative Translation Framework (

    vendorblog.qualys.comJun 9, 2026, 8:52 PM
  • To comprehensively address the vulnerability identified by CVE-2020-17103, Microsoft recommends installing the June 2026 updates for your Windows operating systems.

    vendormsrc.microsoft.comJun 9, 2026, 2:00 PM
  • An old elevation-of-privilege (EoV) vulnerability affecting the Cloud Filter driver “cldflt.sys” in Windows has come back to haunt Microsoft, as researchers claim it is still exploitable six years after it was supposedly patched. The flaw, originally reported to Microsoft by Google Project Zero researcher James Forshaw in September 2020, was recently picked up by Nightmare […]

    newswww.csoonline.comMay 18, 2026, 12:04 PM
  • The researcher dropped the MiniPlasma exploit that uses the original proof-of-concept (PoC) code targeting the bug.

    newswww.securityweek.comMay 18, 2026, 10:38 AM
  • MiniPlasma: a Windows SYSTEM privilege escalation believed patched in 2020 (CVE-2020-17103) is still fully working on every patched Windows 11. Once again, security researcher Chaotic Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a new Windows privilege escalation zero-day called MiniPlasma, which can grant attackers SYSTEM privileges on fully patched systems. The flaw affects “cldflt.sys,” the […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 18, 2026, 8:13 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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