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CVE-2020-16969

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CVE-2020-16969

Published: Oct 16, 2020

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.1

HIGH

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in how Microsoft Exchange validates tokens when handling certain messages. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use this to gain further information from a user.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could include specially crafted OWA messages that could be loaded, without warning or filtering, from the attacker-controlled URL. This callback vector provides an information disclosure tactic used in web beacons and other types of tracking systems.</p> <p>The security update corrects the way that Exchange handles these token validations.</p>

VendorProductVersions

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 6

affected
15.02.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 17

affected
15.01.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 7

affected
15.02.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 18

affected
15.01.0 - < publication

Microsoft

Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23

affected
15.00.0 - < publication

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

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