vulnerability
Microsoft CVE-2017-8560: Microsoft Exchange Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jul 11, 2017 | Jul 11, 2017 | May 16, 2018 |
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access (OWA) fails to properly handle web requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could perform script/content injection attacks and attempt to trick the user into disclosing sensitive information. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could send a specially crafted email message containing a malicious link to a user. Alternatively, an attacker could use a chat client to social engineer a user into clicking the malicious link.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Exchange validates web requests.Note: In order to exploit this vulnerability, a user must click a maliciously crafted link from an attacker.
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