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Critical · 9.9 CVE-2020-1595 EUVD-2020-12466GHSA-85x5-vr9q-4m59

Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Sep 11, 2020 · Updated Nov 18, 2024 · Assigned by microsoft

Description

<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint where APIs aren't properly protected from unsafe data input. 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 access a susceptible API on an affected version of SharePoint with specially-formatted input.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how SharePoint handles deserialization of untrusted data.</p>

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 16.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1 15.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 16.0.0 – < publication publication
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1 15.0.0 – < publication publication

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