First published: Thu Apr 12 2018(Updated: )
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server, aka "Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-1014, CVE-2018-1032, CVE-2018-1034.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server | =2013-sp1 | |
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server | =2016 |
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CVE-2018-1005 is classified as an elevation of privilege vulnerability.
To mitigate CVE-2018-1005, apply the security updates provided by Microsoft for affected SharePoint Server versions.
CVE-2018-1005 affects Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 SP1 and 2016.
Yes, CVE-2018-1005 can be exploited by sending specially crafted web requests to an affected SharePoint server.
Exploitation of CVE-2018-1005 could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the SharePoint server.