PT-2020-2753 · Microsoft · Sharepoint Server

Published 2020-06-09 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-1178

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.0

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft SharePoint Server (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability. It occurs when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted authentication request to an affected SharePoint server. This could allow a remote attacker to elevate their privileges. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute malicious code on a vulnerable server in the context of the SharePoint application pool account.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02837

CVE-2020-1178

Affected Products

Sharepoint Server

References · 5

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1178 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1178 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1178 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02837 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1178 · Vendor Advisory