Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP WebDAV XML Message denial of service
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component WebDAV XML Message 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 bug was discovered 10/12/2004. The weakness was published 10/12/2004 by Amit Klein with Sanctum Inc. as MS04-030 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0718 since 09/02/2003. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.
A public exploit has been developed by Amit Klein and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1699 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15455 (MS04-030: WebDAV XML Message Handler Denial of Service (824151)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.
Applying the patch MS04-030 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 12043. In this case the pattern PROPFIND
is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 31370.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17645), Tenable (15455) and Exploit-DB (585). Similar entries are available at 889, 886, 888 and 884.
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Amit Klein
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Nessus ID: 15455
Nessus Name: MS04-030: WebDAV XML Message Handler Denial of Service (824151)
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Patch: MS04-030
Snort ID: 12043
Snort Message: DOS Microsoft XML parser IIS WebDAV attack attempt
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS04-030
Researcher: Amit Klein
Organization: Sanctum Inc.
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2003-0718 (🔍)
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X-Force: 17645 - Microsoft Internet Information Server WebDAV multiple attributes per XML elements cause denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1011633
Vulnerability Center: 5544 - [MS04-030] DoS in Microsoft IIS Server with WebDAV via Improper XML Message Handling, Medium
SecurityFocus: 11384 - Microsoft XML Parser Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 12801 - Microsoft Windows WebDAV XML Message Handler Denial of Service, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 10688 - Microsoft Windows WebDAV XML Message Handler Malformed Request DoS
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 10/13/2004 14:05Updated: 03/09/2021 20:08
Changes: 10/13/2004 14:05 (116), 06/29/2019 16:08 (3), 03/09/2021 20:08 (2)
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