SB2018021522 - XSS in Microsoft Identity Manager

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SB2018021522 - XSS in Microsoft Identity Manager

Published: February 15, 2018 Updated: December 12, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018021522
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0908)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to an error when Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 SP1 Service and Portal does not properly sanitize a specially crafted attribute value being displayed to a user on an affected MIM 2016 server. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References