Vulnerability in UDDI Services Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3082459)
Published: August 11, 2015
Version: 1.0
Executive Summary
This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker engineered a cross-site scripting (XSS) scenario by inserting a malicious script into a webpage search parameter. A user would have to visit a specially crafted webpage where the malicious script would then be executed.
This security update is rated Important for all supported editions of Windows Server 2008, except Itanium editions. For more information, see the Affected Software section.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the UDDI Services encode and validate the parameter. For more information about the vulnerability, see the Vulnerability Information section.
The following software versions or editions are affected. Versions or editions that are not listed are either past their support life cycle or are not affected. To determine the support life cycle for your software version or edition, see Microsoft Support Lifecycle.
The following severity ratings assume the potential maximum impact of the vulnerability. For information regarding the likelihood, within 30 days of this security bulletin's release, of the exploitability of the vulnerability in relation to its severity rating and security impact, please see the Exploitability Index in the August bulletin summary.
Vulnerability Severity Rating and Maximum Security Impact by Affected Software
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (3073893)
Important Elevation of Privilege
Important
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (3073893)
Important Elevation of Privilege
Important
Server Core installation option
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) (3073893)
Important Elevation of Privilege
Important
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) (3073893)
Important Elevation of Privilege
Important
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010
Important Elevation of Privilege
Important
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013
Important Elevation of Privilege
Important
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2013 R2
Important Elevation of Privilege
Important
Vulnerability Information
UDDI Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2475
An elevation of privilege exists in Microsoft Windows when the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) Services improperly validate or sanitize the search parameter in a FRAME tag. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could leak authorization cookies or unexpectedly redirect a user to a malicious webpage.
To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could engineer a cross-site scripting (XSS) scenario by inserting a malicious script into a webpage search parameter. When a user visits the specially crafted webpage the malicious script is executed. This update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the UDDI Services encode and validate the parameter.
Microsoft received information about this vulnerability through coordinated vulnerability disclosure. When this security bulletin was issued, Microsoft had not received any information to indicate that this vulnerability had been publicly used to attack customers.
Mitigating Factors
Microsoft has not identified any mitigating factors for this vulnerability.
Use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to block requests to the following location:
/uddi/search/frames.aspx
Where the query parameter search contains HTML markup or javascript code.
For example:
Security Update Deployment
For Security Update Deployment information, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article referenced in the Executive Summary.
Acknowledgments
Microsoft recognizes the efforts of those in the security community who help us protect customers through coordinated vulnerability disclosure. See Acknowledgments for more information.
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