#Security Vulnerability

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?** The word **Remote** in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. For example, when the score indicates that the **Attack Vector** is **Local** and **User Interaction** is **Required**, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.

**Are any other products affected by this vulnerability?** Yes. See the following list of affected versions of NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, and NuGet.Protocol. Customers using any of these affected versions please see <Link to NuGet advisory> for information about how to fix the vulnerability. * Any NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Protocol 6.3.0 version or earlier * Any NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Protocol 6.2.1 version or earlier * Any NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Protocol 6.0.2 version or earlier * Any NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Protocol 5.11.2 version or earlier * Any NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Protocol 5.9.2 version or earlier * Any NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Protocol 5.7.2 version or earlier * Any NuGet.exe, NuGet.Commands, NuGet.CommandLine, NuGet.Protocol 4.9.5 version or earlier

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**I am running SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1. Do I need to install both updates that are listed for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1?** No. The Cumulative update for SharePoint Server 2013 includes the update for Foundation Server 2013. Customers running SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1 can install the cumulative update or the security update, which is the same update as for Foundation Server 2013. Please note that this is a clarification of the existing servicing model for SharePoint Server 2013 and applies for all previous updates.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

**According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?** This vulnerability could lead to a contained execution environment escape. Please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthz/appcontainer-isolation

Mitigation refers to a setting, common configuration, or general best-practice, existing in a default state, that could reduce the severity of exploitation of a vulnerability. The following mitigating factors might be helpful in your situation: A system is vulnerable only if Active Directory Certificate Services is running on the domain.

**What privileges could an attacker gain?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain specific limited SYSTEM privileges.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is unauthorized file system access - reading from the file system.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?** An attacker would only be able to delete empty folders on a vulnerable system in the context of the SYSTEM account. They would not gain privileges to view or modify file contents or delete folders containing files.