Authenticated file disclosure via relative path traversal
Published Dec 10, 2024 · Updated Jun 9, 2026
Relative path traversal in Microsoft SharePoint Server 16.0 allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive files over the network. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected request handler or how it fails to normalize or constrain attacker-controlled relative paths before file access. Low-privilege authentication is required, no user interaction is needed, and the reported consequence is confidentiality loss without data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Relative path traversal in Microsoft SharePoint Server 16.0 allows remote authenticated users to read sensitive files over the network. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected request handler or how it fails to normalize or constrain attacker-controlled relative paths before file access. Low-privilege authentication is required, no user interaction is needed, and the reported consequence is confidentiality loss without data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-49062
- Published
- Dec 10, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
- Classifications
- CWE-23, T1005
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 10, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.0.5478.1000
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