SenseCy Blog WILL THE NEW SHAREPOINT FLAW BECOME AN ACTORS’ FAVORITE?

Attacking SharePoint servers is a popular threat, apparently because in many cases the SharePoint servers are integrated in the Active Directory service. Gaining access to the Active Directory allows attackers to gain a foothold inside the victim’s network. Furthermore, since SharePoint servers are exposed to the internet, attacks can be executed relatively easily. As an example, the CVE-2019-0604 SharePoint vulnerability, disclosed and patched in 2019, has gained popularity among threat actors, who have exploited it in different attacks since it was published. This is particularly true among nation-state actors (such as the Chinese nation-state Emissary Panda group). The vulnerability even became one of the ten most exploited vulnerabilities between 2016 and 2019, according to authorities in the US. Therefore, we estimate the new CVE-2020-1147 SharePoint vulnerability, patched in July 2020, may gain similar popularity among same threat actors, stressing the importance of applying the security update fixing this vulnerability as soon as possible. … More WILL THE NEW SHAREPOINT FLAW BECOME AN ACTORS’ FAVORITE?