CVE-2020-0618: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Alert

Recently, Microsoft fixed a critical security vulnerability on Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (CVE-2020-0618) in the February Patch Tuesday event. “A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services when it incorrectly handles page requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute code in the context of the Report Server service account. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to submit a specially crafted page request to an affected Reporting Services instance.” Relevant analysis and PoC have been published on the Internet.

SQL Server 2019

Affected version

Product Version Patch number
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2(GDR) 13.0.5026.0 – 13.0.5101.9 KB4505220
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 CU11 13.0.5149.0 – 13.0.5598.27 KB4527378
SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (GDR) 12.0.6024.0 – 12.0.6108.1 KB4505218
Server 2014 Service Pack 2 CU4 12.0.6205.1 – 12.0.6329.1 KB4500181
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 4 (QFE) 111.0.7001.0 – 11.0.7462.6 KB4057116

Solution

Please follow Microsoft’s guide to fixing this flaw.