Microsoft Exchange Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2020-16969 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by KB4581424, released October 13, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
<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>
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | |||
| Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23 | KB4581424 | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 17 | KB4581424 | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 18 | KB4581424 | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 6 | KB4581424 | Oct 13, 2020 | |
| Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 7 | KB4581424 | Oct 13, 2020 | |
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