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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.6 High

CVE-2020-16952

Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

<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>

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016

  • 16.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019

  • 16.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1

  • 15.0.0 to < publicationaffected

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