CVE-2020-1476

ASP.NET and .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Aug 17, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when ASP.NET or .NET web applications running on IIS improperly allow access to cached files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain access to restricted files.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server.
The update addresses the vulnerability by changing how ASP.NET and .NET handle requests.

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Description An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when ASP.NET or .NET web applications running on IIS improperly allow access to cached files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain access to restricted files. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server. The update addresses the vulnerability by changing how ASP.NET and .NET handle requests. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when ASP.NET or .NET web applications running on IIS improperly allow access to cached files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain access to restricted files. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to send a specially crafted request to an affected server. The update addresses the vulnerability by changing how ASP.NET and .NET handle requests.