PT-2018-2070 · Microsoft · Lync For Mac 2011

Nyxgeek · Published 2018-09-13 · Updated 2019-02-28 · CVE-2018-8474

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011

Description A security feature bypass issue exists due to improper sanitization of specially crafted messages. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to redirect users to malicious sites or automatically download file types into the safe file types list using a specially formed message.

Recommendations For Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00020

CVE-2018-8474

Affected Products

Lync For Mac 2011

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45936 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8474 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8474 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-8474 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00020 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105268 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041633 · Note