CVE-2020-16969: microsoft exchange_server
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-16969 is a high (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in microsoft exchange_server. EPSS estimates a 2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 16-10-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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>
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- NVDNIST7.1HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
2.73%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
86%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.73% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Microsoft6 products
- exchange_server2013:cumulative_update_23 | 2016:cumulative_update_17 | 2016:cumulative_update_18 | 2019:cumulative_update_6 | 2019:cumulative_update_7
- microsoft exchange server 2013 cumulative update 23≥ 15.00.0, < publication
- microsoft exchange server 2016 cumulative update 17≥ 15.01.0, < publication
- microsoft exchange server 2016 cumulative update 18≥ 15.01.0, < publication
- microsoft exchange server 2019 cumulative update 6≥ 15.02.0, < publication
1 vendor · 6 products
References
1 links- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16969X Refsource MISCPatchVendor Advisory