CVE-2020-1476

ASP.NET and .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published August 17, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
66.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when ASP.NET or .NET web applications running on IIS improperly allow access to cached files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain access to restricted files.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server.

The update addresses the vulnerability by changing how ASP.NET and .NET handle requests.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01129 · 66.1th percentile
Published
2020-08-17T19:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 AUG 19:13Z
    ASP.NET and .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5