Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 Authentication Mechanism webhits.dll CiWebhitsfile access control
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0. Affected is an unknown code in the library webhits.dll of the component Authentication Mechanism. The manipulation of the argument CiWebhitsfile
with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
The "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server 5.0 only uses Windows NT ACL configuration, which allows remote attackers to bypass NTLM and basic authentication mechanisms and access private web directories via the CiWebhitsfile parameter to null.htw.
The bug was discovered 04/23/2007. The weakness was released 05/22/2007 by Jesus Olmos Gonzalez (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2815 since 05/22/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
A public exploit has been developed in Shell File. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 29 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31648 (Microsoft IIS webhits.dll Hit-Highlighting Authentication Bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers, running in the context r and relying on port 80.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8179.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34434), Tenable (31648) and Exploit-DB (4016).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Nessus ID: 31648
Nessus Name: Microsoft IIS webhits.dll Hit-Highlighting Authentication Bypass
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Jesus Olmos Gonzalez
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2007-2815 (🔍)
X-Force: 34434
Vulnerability Center: 15312 - Microsoft IIS 5.0 NTLM Authentication Bypass, High
SecurityFocus: 24105 - Microsoft Internet Information Server Hit Highlighting Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: 41091 - Microsoft IIS webhits.dll Hit-Highlighting Authentication Bypass
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/13/2015 14:56Updated: 07/20/2019 14:37
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (76), 07/20/2019 14:37 (9)
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