Microsoft Outlook 2011 on Mac HTML Tag Validator access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Outlook 2011 on Mac. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HTML Tag Validator. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-0207. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook 2011 on Mac (Groupware Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component HTML Tag Validator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Outlook for Mac 2011 allows remote attackers to spoof web content via a crafted email with specific HTML tags, aka "Microsoft Browser Spoofing Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 04/11/2017. The weakness was disclosed 04/11/2017 by Utku Sen as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-0207 since 09/09/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99313 (Security Update for Microsoft Office (April 2017) (macOS)), 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 110297 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update April 2017).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at 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 (99313), SecurityFocus (BID 97463†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038242†). The entries VDB-99533, VDB-99653, VDB-99654 and VDB-99684 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 99313
Nessus Name: Security Update for Microsoft Office (April 2017) (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 801595
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability-KB3212218 (Mac OS X)
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Patch: microsoft.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: Utku Sen
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0207 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0207
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99682
SecurityFocus: 97463 - Microsoft Outlook for Mac CVE-2017-0207 Spoofing Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0207 - Microsoft - Office - Spoofing Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038242

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2017 16:53
Updated: 08/29/2020 16:31
Changes: 04/12/2017 16:53 (82), 08/29/2020 16:31 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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