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Security Updates for Exchange (December 2018)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119593

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Exchange Server installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Exchange Server installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

 - A tampering vulnerability exists when Microsoft Exchange Server fails to properly handle profile data. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could modify a targeted user's profile data.
 (CVE-2018-8604)

Solution

Microsoft has released KB4468741 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?6ef684df

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119593

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_dec_exchange.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/11/2018

Updated: 4/20/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:exchange_server

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8604

MSFT: MS18-4468741

MSKB: 4468741