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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook 2011/2016 on Mac (Groupware Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.
The weakness was disclosed 11/10/2015 as MS15-116 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6123 since 08/14/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86817 (MS15-116: Security Updates for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3104540) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110261 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-116)).
Applying the patch MS15-116 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (107917) and Tenable (86817). The entries 79175, 79176, 79177 and 79187 are pretty similar.
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 86817
Nessus Name: MS15-116: Security Updates for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3104540) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Multiple Vulnerabilities-3104540 (Mac OS X)
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS15-116
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6123 (🔍)
X-Force: 107917 - Microsoft Outlook for Mac spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1034122
Vulnerability Center: 54353 - [MS15-116] Microsoft Outlook for Mac Remote Spoofing Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 77525 - Microsoft Outlook for Mac CVE-2015-6123 Spoofing Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 11/11/2015 09:55Updated: 06/26/2022 14:24
Changes: 11/11/2015 09:55 (67), 04/11/2018 11:40 (14), 06/26/2022 14:24 (4)
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