CVE-2017-0129

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Published Mar 17, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 7.9% KEV · Not listed

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."

Affected Products

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 solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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."

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 7.9% (7.946% probability within 30 days)

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

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Lync For Mac

Weaknesses

CWE-295

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:55 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: Mar 17, 2017, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:55 PM
Reserved: Sep 9, 2016, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:57 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 17, 2017, 12:59 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:57 AM

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