Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 CU 8 Request input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 CU 8. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of Request leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-0624. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 CU 8 (Unified Communication Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A spoofing vulnerability exists when a Skype for Business 2015 server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request, aka "Skype for Business 2015 Spoofing Vulnerability." This affects Skype.

The bug was discovered 01/15/2019. The weakness was published 01/15/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-0624 since 11/26/2018. 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. The advisory points out:

A spoofing vulnerability exists when a Skype for Business 2015 server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected Skype for Business server. The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then perform cross-site scripting attacks on affected systems and run script in the security context of the current user.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121213 (Security Updates for Microsoft Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync (January 2019 OOB)), 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 371640 (Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 Spoofing Vulnerability).

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 (121213) and SecurityFocus (BID 106663†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 121213
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync (January 2019 OOB)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-0624 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-0624
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-129845
SecurityFocus: 106663 - Microsoft Skype for Business Server CVE-2019-0624 Spoofing Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140918

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Created: 01/18/2019 07:57
Updated: 05/02/2020 11:01
Changes: 01/18/2019 07:57 (73), 05/02/2020 11:01 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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