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Microsoft Office: CVE-2017-11786: Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Microsoft Office: CVE-2017-11786: Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/13/2017
Created
06/27/2023
Added
06/20/2023
Modified
06/20/2023

Description

Skype for Business in Microsoft Lync 2013 SP1 and Skype for Business 2016 allows an attacker to steal an authentication hash that can be reused elsewhere, due to how Skype for Business handles authentication requests, aka "Skype for Business Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-skype_for_business_2016-kb4011159

References

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