Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0/5.1 FTP Service denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0/5.1 (Web Server). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown functionality of the component FTP Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The FTP service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 allows attackers who have established an FTP session to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted status request containing glob characters.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2002. The weakness was shared 04/10/2002 by H D Moore as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0073. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

An exploit has been developed in Perl and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at digitaloffense.net. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10934 (MS02-018: Microsoft IIS FTP Status Request DoS (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FTP and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1777. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1268.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8801) and Tenable (10934). The entries 18073, 18072, 18071 and 18070 are related to this item.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 10934
Nessus Name: MS02-018: Microsoft IIS FTP Status Request DoS (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 800950
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft IIS FTP Connection Status Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1777
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FTP EXPLOIT STAT * dos attempt
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Suricata ID: 2101777
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: H D Moore
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-0073 (🔍)
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X-Force: 8801
Vulnerability Center: 1128 - DoS in Microsoft IIS FTP Connection via Malformed Status Requests, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4482 - Microsoft IIS FTP Connection Status Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 3328 - Microsoft IIS FTP Status Request DoS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/11/2014 13:50
Updated: 05/09/2019 18:10
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:50 (90), 05/09/2019 18:10 (3)
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