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Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Protects Against a Vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint.

Last Modified: Oct 24, 2011 16:44:04

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs Protects Against a Vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint.

Impact

Privilege Escalation

Risk

Medium

Affected Software

For a list of Microsoft SharePoint versions affected, please see the references below.

Solutions

  • FortiGuard Labs released the following signature which covers this specific vulnerability
    • MS.SharePoint.Server.Help.aspx.XSS on May 3, 2010

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability with the appropriate configuration parameters in place. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.

Additional Information

It is a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to inject a script resulting in an elevation of privilege within the SharePoint site.

FortiGuard Labs continues to monitor this vulnerability world wide while developing additional mitigation strategies / solutions based off our findings.

References