CVE-2019-1040

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Description

A tampering vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a man-in-the-middle attacker is able to successfully bypass the NTLM MIC (Message Integrity Check) protection, aka 'Windows NTLM Tampering Vulnerability'.

References

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/20/2002519884/-1/-1/0/CSA_CHINESE_EXPLOIT_VULNERABILITIES_UOO179811.PDF

https://www.tenable.com/blog/government-agencies-warn-of-state-sponsored-actors-exploiting-publicly-known-vulnerabilities

https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-roundup-for-microsofts-june-2019-patch-tuesday

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1040

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-06-12

Updated: 2020-08-24

Named Vulnerability: drop the micNamed Vulnerability: Drop the MIC

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N