Microsoft FrontPage 2003 XML DTD information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft FrontPage 2003. This affects an unknown function of the component XML DTD Handler. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2013-3137. There is no exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft FrontPage 2003. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component XML DTD Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft FrontPage 2003 SP3 does not properly parse DTDs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data in a FrontPage document, aka "XML Disclosure Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 09/10/2013 by Timur Yunusov with Positive Technologies as MS13-078 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-3137 since 04/17/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69837 (MS13-078: Vulnerability in FrontPage Could Allow Information Disclosure (2825621)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110215 (Microsoft FrontPage Information Disclosure Vulnerability (MS13-078)).

Applying the patch KB2825621 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13173.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (86739), Tenable (69837), SecurityFocus (BID 62185†), OSVDB (97138†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41453†). Further details are available at krebsonsecurity.com. The entries VDB-10188, VDB-10189, VDB-10190 and VDB-10191 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 69837
Nessus Name: MS13-078: Vulnerability in FrontPage Could Allow Information Disclosure (2825621)
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OpenVAS ID: 902993
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft FrontPage Information Disclosure Vulnerability (2825621)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-078
Researcher: Timur Yunusov
Organization: Positive Technologies
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3137 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3137
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10194

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X-Force: 86739
SecurityFocus: 62185 - Microsoft FrontPage CVE-2013-3137 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 97138
Vulnerability Center: 41453 - [MS13-078] Microsoft FrontPage Remote XML Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 09/11/2013 11:15
Updated: 12/26/2024 10:59
Changes: 09/11/2013 11:15 (85), 05/11/2017 08:37 (2), 05/24/2021 09:35 (3), 12/26/2024 10:59 (16)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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