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Attacks Observed in the Wild Exploiting CVE-2020-0688 (Microsoft Exchange Validation Key Remote Code Execution Vulnerability)

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Threat Signal Report Attacks Observed in the Wild Exploiting CVE-2020-0688 (Microsoft Exchange Validation Key Remote Code Execution Vulnerability) Description FortiGuard Labs is aware of reports of active exploitation of CVE-2020-0688 - Microsoft Exchange Validation Key Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Active in the wild attacks were first observed by Twitter user Troy Mursch (@bad_packets). The vulnerability was disclosed by an anonymous researcher to the Zero Day Initiative. According to t...

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Key entities and indicators for this article

CVES
CVE-2020-0688
DOMAINS
ASP.net
asMS.Exchange
COMPANIES
Microsoft
Twitter
ATTACK TYPES
Privilege Escalation
Remote Code Execution
VULNERABILITIES
Privilege Escalation
Remote Code Execution
PLATFORMS
Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange
SECURITY VENDORS
Microsoft Security
MITRE ATT&CK
Exploit Public-Facing Application
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
RANSOMWARE
First
Unknown
Unsafe
DOMAINS
ASP.net
asMS.Exchange
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