Microsoft FrontPage 98 /_vti_bin/_vti_aut denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft FrontPage 98 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library DVWSSR.DLL of the file /_vti_bin/_vti_aut. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the dvwssr.dll DLL in Microsoft Visual Interdev 1.0 allows users to cause a denial of service or execute commands, aka the "Link View Server-Side Component" vulnerability.

The weakness was published 01/01/2000 (Website). The advisory is available at docs.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-0260. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10369 (Microsoft FrontPage dvwssr.dll Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 967. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 859.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4268) and Tenable (10369). Similar entry is available at 15454.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 10369
Nessus Name: Microsoft FrontPage dvwssr.dll Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 967
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER Microsoft Frontpage dvwssr.dll access
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02/18/2019 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: docs.microsoft.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0260 (🔍)
X-Force: 4268
Vulnerability Center: 2777 - DVWSSR.DLL Installed by Microsoft FrontPage 98 Server Extensions Allows Information Leakage, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1108 - MS IIS FrontPage 98 Extensions Filename Obfuscation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 282

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 07/07/2016 17:00
Updated: 02/18/2019 12:20
Changes: 07/07/2016 17:00 (69), 02/18/2019 12:20 (9)
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