Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2020 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2020-1595Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Critical 9.9
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1 from Microsoft. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.0% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 | 16.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1 | 15.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 | 16.0.0 – before publication |
| Microsoft | Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 Service Pack 1 | 15.0.0 – before publication |