VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-0837
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-09-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Description
<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) improperly handles multi-factor authentication requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass some, but not all, of the authentication factors.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted authentication request.</p> <p>This security update corrects how ADFS handles multi-factor authentication requests.</p>
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory