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A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is.

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CVSS v3 7.7 ATTENTION: low attack complexity Vendor: Johnson Controls Equipment: Software House C●CURE 9000 Vulnerability: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File 2. RISK EVALUATION Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to access credentials used for access to the application. 3. TECHNICAL DETAILS 3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS Johnson Controls reports that the following versions of Software House C●CURE 9000, a security management system, are affected: Software House C●CURE 9000: v3.00.2 3.2 Vulnerability Overview 3.2.1 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File CWE-532 Under certain circumstances the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) used to host the C●CURE 9000 Web Server will log Microsoft Windows credential details within logs. There is no impact to non-web service interfaces C●CURE 9000 or prior versions. CVE-2024-0912 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.7 has been calcul...

**Why is this Chrome CVE included in the Security Update Guide?** The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in Chromium Open Source Software (OSS) which is consumed by Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based). It is being documented in the Security Update Guide to announce that the latest version of Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) is no longer vulnerable. **How can I see the version of the browser?** 1. In your Microsoft Edge browser, click on the 3 dots (...) on the very right-hand side of the window 2. Click on **Help and Feedback** 3. Click on **About Microsoft Edge**

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?** The word **Remote** in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. For example, when the score indicates that the **Attack Vector** is **Local** and **User Interaction** is **Required**, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.

**According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?** The user would have to click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is file content. The scope of file content which could be accessed is dependent on the privileges of compromised user.

**What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?** The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is sensitive information.

**Why is this GitHub CVE included in the Security Update Guide?** The vulnerability assigned to this CVE is in MinGit software which is consumed by Microsoft Visual Studio. It is being documented in the Security Update Guide to announce that the latest builds of Visual Studio are no longer vulnerable. Please see Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners for more information.

**What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?** This vulnerability bypasses OLE mitigations in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Office which protect users from vulnerable COM/OLE controls.