Spoofing attack in Skype for Business Server - CVE-2019-1490
Published: December 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23471
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1490
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Skype for Business Server
Skype for Business Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted request to the server, trick a victim to click a specially crafted URL and spoof page content.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow to perform cross-site scripting attacks on affected systems and run scripts in the security context of the current user.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1490
Install updates from vendor's website.