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Current Description
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange server due to improper validation of cmdlet arguments.</p>
<p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the System user. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires an authenticated user in a certain Exchange role to be compromised.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Exchange handles cmdlet arguments.</p>
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange server due to improper validation of cmdlet arguments.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the System user, aka 'Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
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CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation5/14/2024 2:33:22 AM
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CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation12/31/2023 5:15:52 PM
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Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange server due to improper validation of cmdlet arguments.An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the System user, aka 'Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange server due to improper validation of cmdlet arguments.</p>
<p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the System user. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires an authenticated user in a certain Exchange role to be compromised.</p>
<p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Exchange handles cmdlet arguments.</p>
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CVSS V3.1
Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Modified Analysis by NIST4/28/2022 2:32:29 PM
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159210/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-DlpUtils-AddTenantDlpPolicy-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159210/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-DlpUtils-AddTenantDlpPolicy-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CWE Remap by NIST7/21/2021 7:39:23 AM
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CWE-94
CWE-269
CWE-74
CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation9/17/2020 12:15:14 PM
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*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_17:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
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https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16875 No Types Assigned