Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 SP2/2013 SP1/2016/2019 information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 SP2/2013 SP1/2016/2019 (Groupware Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 10/13/2020 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-16942. The exploitation is known to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server improperly discloses its folder structure when rendering specific web pages. An attacker who took advantage of this information disclosure could view the folder path of scripts loaded on the page. To take advantage of the vulnerability, an attacker would require access to the specific SharePoint page affected by this vulnerability. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how scripts are referenced on some SharePoint pages.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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08/04/2020 🔍
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11/19/2020 +36 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-16942 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2020 10:00
Updated: 11/19/2020 07:42
Changes: 10/14/2020 10:00 (28), 10/14/2020 10:01 (6), 10/14/2020 10:04 (19), 11/18/2020 07:31 (5), 11/19/2020 07:37 (2), 11/19/2020 07:42 (14)
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