SB2018010908 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft ASP.NET Core
Published: January 9, 2018
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0784)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error when a ASP.NET Core web application, created using vulnerable project templates, improperly sanitize web requests. A remote attacker can trick the victim into clicking a specially crafted link, perform content injection attacks and run script in the security context of the logged-on user.
2) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0785)
CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CSRF attack.
The weakness exists due to an error when a ASP.NET Core web application is created using vulnerable project templates. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted HTML page or URL, trick the victim into visiting it, gain access to the system and change the recovery codes associated with the victim's user account without his/her consent.
3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0789)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
Vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error of a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server. A remote 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.
4) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0786)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of certificates by Microsoft .NET Framework (and .NET Core) components. A remote attacker can supply an invalid certificate and disregard the Enhanced Key Usage taggings.
5) Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0764)
CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper processing of XML documents by .NET, and .NET core. A remote attacker can issue specially crafted requests to a .NET(or .NET core) application and cause the application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0784
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0785
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0789
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0786
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0764