SB2016091321 - Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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SB2016091321 - Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: September 13, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016091321
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3379)

Vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 1 and 2. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References