<p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Exchange server due to improper validation of cmdlet arguments.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the System user. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires an authenticated user in a certain Exchange role to be compromised.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Exchange handles cmdlet arguments.</p>
The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16875 | patch vendor advisory |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159210/Microsoft-Exchange-Server-DlpUtils-AddTenantDlpPolicy-Remote-Code-Execution.html | exploit vdb entry third party advisory |