CVE-2020-16969

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.

High
CVSS
7.1
Important
Exploitation
None reported
Exploitation Less Likely
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0273
86th percentile

<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

ProductFixed inFixReleased
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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