Microsoft SharePoint Foundation privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Enterprise Server and SharePoint Server. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-1178. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SharePoint Foundation, SharePoint Enterprise Server and SharePoint Server (Groupware Software) (unknown version). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted authentication request to an affected SharePoint server, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

The weakness was released 06/09/2020 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-1178. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted authentication request to an affected SharePoint server. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute malicious code on a vulnerable server in the context of the SharePoint application pool account.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-156338, VDB-156337, VDB-156335 and VDB-156334. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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11/04/2019 🔍
06/09/2020 +218 days 🔍
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06/10/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/23/2020 +135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2020-1178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-1178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-156336
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/10/2020 06:34
Updated: 10/23/2020 07:45
Changes: 06/10/2020 06:34 (42), 06/10/2020 06:39 (17), 10/23/2020 07:45 (1)
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