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CVE-2012-2520 Detail

Current Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1, Communicator 2007 R2, Lync 2010 and 2010 Attendee, SharePoint Server 2007 SP2 and SP3 and 2010 SP1, Groove Server 2010 SP1, Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP2, SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string, aka "HTML Sanitization Vulnerability."

Source:  MITRE
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized modification

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55797 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027625 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027626 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027627 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027628 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027629 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-066
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14976

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE-79)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:groove_server:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:infopath:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:infopath:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync:2010:*:attendee:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_communicator:2007:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_foundation:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2010:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_services:3.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2520
NVD Published Date:
10/09/2012
NVD Last Modified:
10/12/2018