Vulnerability: MS10-039 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2028554)

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Vulnerability name/brief description	MS10-039 - Vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2028554)
CVE/CAN name	CVE-2010-0817 CVE-2010-1257 CVE-2010-1264
Vendor threat level	Important
SophosLabs threat level	Low
Solution	MS10-039
Vendor description	This security update resolves one publicly disclosed and two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint. The most severe vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker convinced a user of a targeted SharePoint site to click on a specially crafted link.
SophosLabs comments	Multiple non-remote-code-execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Sharepoint are addressed by this update, one of which has been publicly disclosed. This update resolves performance, cross-site scripting and information disclosure insecurities related to Microsoft Sharepoint.
SophosLabs testing result	N/A
Currently known exploits	At the time of writing SophosLabs have not observed any malware attempting to exploit this vulnerability. Should this situation change samples will be analyzed and we will take action as necessary.
First sample seen	N/A
Discovery date	8th June 2010
Affected software	Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007 Service Packs 1 and 2 Microsoft Office Sharepoint SErver 2007 Service Pack 1 and 2 (both 32 and 64 bit editions) Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 1 and and 2 (both 32 and 64 bit editions)
References	http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-039.mspx http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2010-0817 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2010-1257 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2010-1264
Credits	Microsoft MAPP
Revisions	8th June 2010 - Initial analysis written

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