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Microsoft SharePoint: CVE-2020-16948: Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 16, 2020
Added
May 15, 2023
Modified
Apr 8, 2025

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.</p>
<p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft SharePoint Server handles objects in memory.</p>

Solutions

microsoft-sharepoint-sharepoint_2016-kb4486677microsoft-sharepoint-sharepoint_2019-kb4486676
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