Input validation error in Application Inspector - CVE-2020-0872
Published: March 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25970
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-0872
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Application Inspector
Application Inspector
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
The vulnerability exists in Application Inspector when the tool
reflects example code snippets from third-party source files into its
HTML output. A remote attacker can trick a victim to run Application Inspector on source code that includes a malicious third-party component and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-0872
Install updates from vendor's website.