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MS15-062: Vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3062577)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 84060
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.Description
The remote Windows host is affected by an XSS elevation of privilege vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this by submitting a specially crafted URL to a target site, resulting in the execution of malicious script code in the security context of the user or the ability to conduct further cross-site scripting attacks.Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, and 2012.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2015/ms15-062
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 84060
File Name: smb_nt_ms15-062.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 6/10/2015
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-1757
BID: 75023