CVE-2020-1200 HIGH

CVE-2020-1200: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Microsoft
Product Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
Published September 11, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

8.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

What the vulnerability does

01Description

<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>

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 11, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated