CVE-2020-17089
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17089- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-9044
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2020-9044- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8qmw-pm39-cgxw
, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
- Record
GHSA-8qmw-pm39-cgxw- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2020-17089- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-17089 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Sharepoint Enterprise Server 2016, published December 9, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.89%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.