Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions SmartHTML Content denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions. This affects an unknown part of the component SmartHTML Content Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2003-0824. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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), Tenable (11923), SecurityFocus (BID 9008†), OSVDB (2800†) and Secunia (SA10195†). Further details are available at vuldb.com. The entries VDB-386 and VDB-81907 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 11923
Nessus Name: Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (fp30reg.dll) Debug Function Remote Overflow (MS03-051 / 813360)
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OpenVAS ID: 101012
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft MS03-051 security check
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Patch: MS03-051

Snort ID: 6409
Snort Message: WEB-FRONTPAGE frontpage server extension long host string overflow attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS03-051
Researcher: Brett Moore
Organization: Security-Assessment
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-0824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-387

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X-Force: 13680 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions SmartHTML Interpreter denial of service, Medium Risk
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
SecuriTeam: securiteam.com
Vulnerability Center: 2834 - [MS03-051] Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions DoS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/12/2003 12:05 PM
Updated: 12/31/2024 11:07 AM
Changes: 11/12/2003 12:05 PM (88), 10/08/2018 03:43 PM (13), 03/09/2021 08:13 AM (3), 03/09/2021 08:19 AM (1), 12/31/2024 11:07 AM (15)
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