Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0916. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (Groupware Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2018. The weakness was shared 03/13/2018 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-0916 since 12/01/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK. 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 103294†). The entries VDB-114549, VDB-114551, VDB-114552 and VDB-114553 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

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

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: Ashar Javed
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0916 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0916
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114559

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SecurityFocus: 103294 - Microsoft SharePoint Server CVE-2018-0916 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040513

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2018 11:39
Updated: 02/05/2021 07:10
Changes: 03/14/2018 11:39 (72), 01/13/2020 15:02 (5), 02/05/2021 07:05 (4), 02/05/2021 07:10 (1)
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