Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-0914. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (Groupware Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/13/2018 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0914 since 12/01/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue. The advisory points out:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected SharePoint server.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108298 (Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft Project Server (March 2018)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110312 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update March 2018).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (108298) and SecurityFocus (BID 103291†). The entries VDB-114549, VDB-114551, VDB-114552 and VDB-114553 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Microsoft Project Server 2013 SP1
  • Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 108298
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft Project Server (March 2018)
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2017 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0914 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0914
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114557

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SecurityFocus: 103291 - Microsoft SharePoint Server CVE-2018-0914 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040513

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2018 11:38
Updated: 02/05/2021 06:53
Changes: 03/14/2018 11:38 (72), 01/13/2020 14:49 (5), 02/05/2021 06:53 (4)
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