#Security Vulnerability

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to prepare the target environment to improve exploit reliability.

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?** This attack requires an admin user on the client to connect to a malicious server, and that could allow the attacker to gain code execution on the client.

**According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to some loss of integrity (I:L)? What does that mean for this vulnerability?** The attacker is only able to modify the content of the vulnerable link to redirect the victim to a malicious site.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

**According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to major loss of confidentiality (C:H) but have no effect on integrity (I:N) or on availability (A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could view sensitive information (Confidentiality). While the attacker can not make changes to disclosed information (Integrity) and limit access to the resource (Availability).

**According to the CVSS metric, successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?** This vulnerability could lead to the attacker gaining the ability to interact with other tenant’s applications and content.

**According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is high (PR:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker or the targeted user would need to achieve a high level of control over a machine, as the attack requires access to processes typically restricted from average users. Essentially, the exploitation necessitates elevated privileges on the compromised machine due to the requirement of manipulating processes beyond the reach of standard user permissions.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** Exploiting this vulnerability could allow the disclosure of certain kernel memory content.

**How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?** A cross-site scripting vulnerability existed in virtual public IP address that impacted related endpoints. For more information on the impacted virtual public IP address, see here: What is IP address 168.63.129.16? | Microsoft Learn. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by getting the victim to load malicious code into their web browser on the virtual machine, allowing the attacker to leverage an implicit identity of the virtual machine. The victim's web browser then would determine which host endpoints are accessible.

**What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?** An attacker could use this vulnerability to elevate privileges from a Low Integrity Level in a contained ("sandboxed") execution environment to a Medium Integrity Level or a High Integrity Level. Please refer to AppContainer isolation and Mandatory Integrity Control for more information.