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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2020-16862

Change History

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/31/2023 5:15:51 PM

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Added CVSS V3.1 

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
Microsoft Corporation AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

								
								
					

					

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A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) when the server fails to properly sanitize web requests to an affected Dynamics server, aka 'Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-16860.

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) when the server fails to properly sanitize web requests to an affected Dynamics server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the SQL service account.
An authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to a vulnerable Dynamics server.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how  Microsoft Dynamics 365 (on-premises) validates and sanitizes user input.</p>