VDB-187 · Nessus 11492 · BID 8244

Microsoft IIS 6.0 Admin Interface ReturnURL cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft IIS 6.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Admin Interface. This manipulation of the argument ReturnURL causes cross site scripting. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be disabled.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft IIS 6.0 (Web Server). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Admin Interface. The manipulation of the argument ReturnURL with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 04/24/2003. The weakness was disclosed 07/23/2003 by Hugo Vázquez Caramés and Toni Cortés Martínez with Infohacking, Barcelona, Spanien as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at infohacking.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11492 (Sambar Server Multiple Script XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1497.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (11492), SecurityFocus (BID 8244†) and Secunia (SA9334†). Additional details are provided at cgisecurity.com. The entries VDB-83, VDB-93, VDB-104 and VDB-107 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 11492
Nessus Name: Sambar Server Multiple Script XSS
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: microsoft.com

Snort ID: 1497

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03/28/2003 🔍
04/24/2003 +27 days 🔍
07/22/2003 +89 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Hugo Vázquez Caramés, Toni Cortés Martínez
Organization: Infohacking, Barcelona, Spanien
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-187
SecurityFocus: 8244 - Microsoft Multiple IIS 6.0 Web Admin Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 9334 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Remote Admin Cross-Site Scripting, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2003 11:49
Updated: 03/08/2021 14:48
Changes: 07/23/2003 11:49 (69), 06/26/2019 09:41 (3), 03/08/2021 14:48 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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