Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Outlook Web Access cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Exchange Server 2016. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Outlook Web Access. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-0029. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 (Groupware Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Outlook Web Access. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL, aka "Exchange Spoofing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0031.

The weakness was released 01/12/2016 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi as MS16-010 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-0029 since 12/04/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87895 (MS16-010: Security Update in Microsoft Exchange Server to Address Spoofing (3124557)), 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 53002 (Microsoft Exchange Server Address Spoofing Vulnerabilities (MS16-010)).

Applying the patch MS16-010 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 Tenable (87895), SecurityFocus (BID 79889†), SecurityTracker (ID 1034647†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55641†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-80227, VDB-80228 and VDB-80229. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 87895
Nessus Name: MS16-010: Security Update in Microsoft Exchange Server to Address Spoofing (3124557)
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OpenVAS ID: 800166
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Exchange Server Address Spoofing Vulnerabilities (3124557)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-010
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0029 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0029
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80226
SecurityFocus: 79889 - Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2016-0029 Spoofing Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034647
Vulnerability Center: 55641 - [MS16-010] Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Remote XSS and Spoofing Vulnerability - CVE-2016-0029, Medium

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Created: 01/14/2016 10:44
Updated: 06/21/2018 08:57
Changes: 01/14/2016 10:44 (72), 06/21/2018 08:57 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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