Security restrictions bypass in Microsoft products - CVE-2018-8171

 

Security restrictions bypass in Microsoft products - CVE-2018-8171

Published: July 10, 2018 / Updated: July 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13773
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8171
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
ASP.NET Core MVC
ASP.NET Web Pages
ASP.NET MVC

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in ASP.NET due to the number of incorrect login attempts is not validated. A remote unauthenticated attacker can try an infinite number of authentication attempts and bypass security restrictions to conduct further attacks.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-8171

Install updates from vendor's website.

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