Cloud Vulnerability DB
A community-led vulnerabilities database
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-0692
CVE-2020-0692:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2020-0692 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Exchange Server. The vulnerability was disclosed on February 11, 2020, and affects Microsoft Exchange Server installations (NVD, Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.0, indicating a moderate severity level. The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with medium attack complexity (AC:M), requiring no authentication (Au:N), and can potentially impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability at a partial level (C:P/I:P/A:P) (Rapid7).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges on affected Microsoft Exchange Server systems (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The patches are available through Microsoft Update or can be downloaded directly from the Microsoft Update Catalog. The security update is included in KB4536987 for various versions of Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 (Microsoft Support).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
Free Vulnerability Assessment
Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture
Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.
Additional Wiz resources
Get a personalized demo
Ready to see Wiz in action?
"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management