CVE-2017-0129 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011 fails to properly validate certificates, allowing remote attackers to alter server-client communications, aka "Microsoft Lync for Mac Certificate Validation Vulnerability."

Published: 2017-03-17

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Lync for Mac

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Lync for Mac 2011`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:lync_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0496	Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011 fails to properly validate certificates, allowing remote attackers to alter server-client communications, aka "Microsoft Lync for Mac Certificate Validation Vulnerability."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01738.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96752
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038020
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0129

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microsoft Lync For Mac

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:55:18.652Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-0129

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-17T00:59:03.603

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-0129

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-295

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