Rule Category

SERVER-WEBAPP -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in web based applications on servers.

Alert Message

SERVER-WEBAPP Microsoft Office SharePoint XML external entity exploit attempt

Rule Explanation

Microsoft Office Groove 2007 SP2, SharePoint Workspace 2010 Gold and SP1, Office Forms Server 2007 SP2, Office SharePoint Server 2007 SP2, Office SharePoint Server 2010 Gold and SP1, Office Groove Data Bridge Server 2007 SP2, Office Groove Management Server 2007 SP2, Groove Server 2010 Gold and SP1, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2, SharePoint Foundation 2010, and Office Web Apps 2010 Gold and SP1 do not properly handle Web Parts containing XML classes referencing external entities, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted XML and XSL file, aka "SharePoint Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability." Impact: CVSS base score 4.0 CVSS impact score 2.9 CVSS exploitability score 8.0 confidentialityImpact PARTIAL integrityImpact NONE availabilityImpact NONE Details: Ease of Attack:

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Known Usage

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False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

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CVE Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
CVE-2011-1892
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