SB2016091401 - Privilege escalation in ASP.NET Core MVC
Published: September 14, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016091401
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege Escalation (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to obtain elevated privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to design error in View Component implementation within public versions of ASP.NET Core MVC 1.0.0. A malicious user can gain access to potentially sensitive information on the system and obtain elevated privileges on the system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to obtain elevated privileges on vulnerable system.
The following packages are vulnerable:
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.TagHelpers
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures
- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.