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Microsoft ADFS flaw allows attackers to bypass MFA safeguards

Help Net Securityby @zeljkazorz ()2 min read2 · 1 read
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CVE-2018-8340
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) improperly handles multi-factor authentication requests, aka…
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A vulnerability ( CVE-2018-8340 ) in Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) allows a second authentication factor for one account to be used for all other accounts in an organization, Okta REX Security Engineer Andrew Lee has discovered.

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