Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 Visual Studio RAD fp30reg.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library fp30reg.dll of the component Visual Studio RAD Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2001-0341. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/2000 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library fp30reg.dll of the component Visual Studio RAD Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Visual Studio RAD Support sub-component of FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long registration request (URL) to fp30reg.dll.

The bug was discovered 04/13/2001. The weakness was released 06/25/2001 by NSFOCUS with Microsoft as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0341. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 73 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10699 (MS01-035: Microsoft IIS FrontPage fp30reg.dll Remote Overflow (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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10760 (Microsoft Visual Studio RAD Support Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (MS01-035)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1248. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1320.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6730), Exploit-DB (20950), Tenable (10699), SecurityFocus (BID 2906†) and OSVDB (577†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-17055, VDB-17054, VDB-17053 and VDB-17049. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 10699
Nessus Name: MS01-035: Microsoft IIS FrontPage fp30reg.dll Remote Overflow (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 10699
OpenVAS Name: IIS FrontPage DoS II
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1248
Snort Message: SERVER-OTHER Microsoft Frontpage rad fp30reg.dll access
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04/13/2001 🔍
06/21/2001 +69 days 🔍
06/25/2001 +4 days 🔍
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07/21/2001 +25 days 🔍
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07/07/2014 +4226 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: NSFOCUS
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0341 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0341
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17051
X-Force: 6730 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions Visual Studio RAD Support sub-component buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 2906 - MS Visual Studio RAD Support Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 577 - FrontPage Server Extensions Visual Studio RAD Support Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 327 - [MS01-035] Buffer Overflow in MS Visual Studio RAD Support, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/07/2014 15:27
Updated: 10/07/2025 03:43
Changes: 07/07/2014 15:27 (87), 09/17/2018 07:07 (7), 04/06/2025 09:11 (19), 10/07/2025 03:43 (2)
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