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CVE-2020-16969

Microsoft Exchange Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published: Oct 16, 2020Updated: Feb 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in how Microsoft Exchange validates tokens when handling certain messages. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use this to gain further information from a user.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could include specially crafted OWA messages that could be loaded, without warning or filtering, from the attacker-controlled URL. This callback vector provides an information disclosure tactic used in web beacons and other types of tracking systems.</p> <p>The security update corrects the way that Exchange handles these token validations.</p>

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low

Weaknesses

Affected Products

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 16, 2020
Last Updated
Feb 23, 2026

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