MS08-039: Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server Privilege Escalation (Uncredentialed)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108803

Synopsis

The remote web server is vulnerable to cross-site scripting issues.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Outlook Web Access (OWA) for Exchange Server that is vulnerable to multiple cross-site scripting issues in the HTML parser and Data validation code.

These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to elevate his privileges by convincing a user to open a malformed email.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for OWA 2003 and 2007.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-039

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108803

File Name: owa_ms08-039.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/3/2018

Updated: 1/26/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows, cpe:/a:microsoft:exchange_server

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Outlook Web Access

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2247, CVE-2008-2248

BID: 30078, 30130

CWE: 79

IAVT: 2008-T-0033-S

MSFT: MS08-039

MSKB: 950159