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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-16953

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/31/2023 3:15:58 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

								
								
					

					

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						Description
						
							
							
								
							
								
An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16941, CVE-2020-16942, CVE-2020-16948, CVE-2020-16950.

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
<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>