CVE-2018-1034 — An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server

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 SharePoin

01What is this vulnerability?

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-2018-1005, CVE-2018-1014, CVE-2018-1032.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft SharePoint	Enterprise Server 2016

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-04-12T01:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T03:44:11.843Z

09References

• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040668
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103634
• portal.msrc.microsoft.com — https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1034