Microsoft has pushed emergency security patches for SharePoint amid an exploit that targets the file management and intranet software.
Microsoft has published emergency security patches to protect users from zero-day vulnerabilities affecting its SharePoint work management software, the company said on its. The vulnerabilities, which have led to spoofing attacks that steal sensitive data and passwords, have impacted governments, businesses and universities worldwide.
The vulnerabilities affect SharePoint software that operates on-premises and not the SharePoint 365 version that runs on the cloud, Microsoft said. The patches Microsoft has released, which are cumulative, are geared toward the “SharePoint Server Subscription Edition,” “SharePoint Server 2019” and “SharePoint Server 2016.”in a Saturday blog post by Netherlands-based Eye Security.
According to Microsoft’s SharePoint product page, over 200,000 organizations and 190 million people use the software for content management, team sites, and intranets. However, those statistics may include users of the cloud-based version of SharePoint, versus the on-premises version that has been affected by the vulnerability.
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