Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions SmartHTML Content denial of service
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
---|---|---|
6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality of the component SmartHTML Content Handler. 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 weakness was disclosed 11/11/2003 by Brett Moore with Security-Assessment as MS03-051 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0824 since 09/18/2003. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11923 (Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (fp30reg.dll) Debug Function Remote Overflow (MS03-051 / 813360)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11329 (Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions Remote Debug Buffer Overrun Vulnerability (MS03-051)).
Applying the patch MS03-051 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 6409. In this case the pattern shtml.dll
is used for detection.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (13680) and Tenable (11923). Further details are available at vuldb.com. The entries 386 and 81907 are pretty similar.
Product
Vendor
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv2
AV | AC | Au | C | I | A |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 | 💳 |
Vector | Complexity | Authentication | Confidentiality | Integrity | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 🔍
Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Proof-of-Concept
EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍
0-Day | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
---|---|---|---|---|
Today | unlock | unlock | unlock | unlock |
Nessus ID: 11923
Nessus Name: Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (fp30reg.dll) Debug Function Remote Overflow (MS03-051 / 813360)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
OpenVAS ID: 101012
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft MS03-051 security check
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍
Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍
Countermeasures
Recommended: PatchStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Patch: MS03-051
Snort ID: 6409
Snort Message: WEB-FRONTPAGE frontpage server extension long host string overflow attempt
Snort Pattern: 🔍
McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍
SourceFire IPS: 🔍
Timeline
09/18/2003 🔍11/11/2003 🔍
11/11/2003 🔍
11/11/2003 🔍
11/11/2003 🔍
11/11/2003 🔍
11/12/2003 🔍
11/13/2003 🔍
12/15/2003 🔍
03/09/2021 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS03-051
Researcher: Brett Moore
Organization: Security-Assessment
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2003-0824 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍
X-Force: 13680 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions SmartHTML Interpreter denial of service, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 2834 - [MS03-051] Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions DoS, Medium
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
SecurityFocus: 9008 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions SmartHTML Interpreter Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 10195 - Microsoft Frontpage Server Extensions Remotely Exploitable Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 2800 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions SmartHTML DoS
Misc.: 🔍
See also: 🔍
Entry
Created: 11/12/2003 12:05Updated: 03/09/2021 08:19
Changes: 11/12/2003 12:05 (88), 10/08/2018 15:43 (13), 03/09/2021 08:13 (3), 03/09/2021 08:19 (1)
Complete: 🔍
No comments yet. Languages: en.
Please log in to comment.