PT-2015-5766 · Microsoft · Xml Core Services

Published 2015-08-15 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2471

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft XML Core Services versions 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by sniffing the network and conducting a decryption attack due to the support of SSL 2.0.

Recommendations For Microsoft XML Core Services versions 3.0, 5.0, and 6.0, consider disabling SSL 2.0 support to mitigate the risk of decryption attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-2471

Affected Products

Xml Core Services

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2471 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-084 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033241 · Note