#VU25970 Input validation error in Application Inspector - CVE-2020-0872 

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#VU25970 Input validation error in Application Inspector - CVE-2020-0872

Published: March 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU25970
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Application Inspector
Software vendor:
Microsoft

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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