CVE-2020-16952: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First published: Fri Oct 16 2020(Updated: )
<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>
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| =2016 | ||
| =2013-sp1 | ||
| =2019 | ||
| Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server | =2016 | |
| Microsoft SharePoint Foundation | =2013-sp1 | |
| Microsoft SharePoint Server | =2019 |
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