CVE-2020-16952

Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High · published October 16, 2020

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it high at 8.6. It sits in the 99.4th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
71%
Percentile
99.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint when the software fails to check the source markup of an application package. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the SharePoint application pool and the SharePoint server farm account.</p>

<p>Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user uploads a specially crafted SharePoint application package to an affected version of SharePoint.</p>

<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how SharePoint checks the source markup of application packages.</p>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.71095 · 99.4th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:18Z
    Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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