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CVE-2016-7270 (GCVE-0-2016-7270)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-20 05:54 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:57
VLAI
Summary
The Data Provider for SQL Server in Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 mishandles a developer-supplied key, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Always Encrypted protection mechanism and obtain sensitive cleartext information by leveraging key guessability, aka ".NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037455 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94741 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2016-12-13 00:00
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