Microsoft Index Server 2.0 Internet Data Query Path information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Microsoft Index Server 2.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Internet Data Query Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure (Path). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0098. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Index Server 2.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Internet Data Query Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to determine the real path for a web directory via a request to an Internet Data Query file that does not exist.

The weakness was shared 01/26/2000 by David Litchfield with Microsoft as MS00-006 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0098. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10492 (MS00-006: Microsoft IIS IDA/IDQ Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)), 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.

Applying the patch MS00-006 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3890), Tenable (10492), SecurityFocus (BID 2710†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-772†). The entries VDB-15243, VDB-15268 and VDB-15420 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Name: Path
Class: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10492
Nessus Name: MS00-006: Microsoft IIS IDA/IDQ Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
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Patch: MS00-006
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS00-006
Researcher: David Litchfield
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0098 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0098
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15269
X-Force: 3890
SecurityFocus: 2710 - MS Index Services and Indexing Services Path Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 772 - [MS00-006] Microsoft Index Server Reveals Sensitive Path Information, Medium

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Created: 06/23/2014 16:03
Updated: 05/08/2019 16:45
Changes: 06/23/2014 16:03 (70), 05/08/2019 16:45 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:D1C:103

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