Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-1476ASP.NET and .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 | 4.8.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 | 4.8.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 | 2.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 | 4.0.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 | 4.0.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 | 4.7.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 | 3.0.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2 | 3.5.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.1/4.7.2 | 3.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6 | 4.0.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 | 3.5.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 | 3.5.0 – before publication |