CVE-2020-1476 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2020-1476

ASP.NET and .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6/4.6.1/4.6.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.1/4.7.2, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
Vulnerable Versions:
4.8.0, 2.0.0, 4.0.0.0, 4.7.0, 3.0.0.0, 3.5.0, 3.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 17th, 2020
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.