Microsoft IIS up to 5.1 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft IIS up to 5.1. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2002-1181. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Microsoft IIS up to 5.1 (Web Server). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation 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 summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the administrative web pages for Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 through 5.1 allow remote attackers to execute HTML script as other users through (1) a certain ASP file in the IISHELP virtual directory, or (2) possibly other unknown attack vectors.

The weakness was published 11/12/2002 by FIRST with Microsoft as MS02-062 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-1181. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/12/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10943 (MS02-018: Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services (327696)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10977 (Microsoft IIS Administrative Pages Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (MS02-062)).

Applying the patch MS02-062 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10590), Tenable (10943), SecurityFocus (BID 6072†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1826†). Similar entries are available at VDB-19133, VDB-19134 and VDB-19136. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 10943
Nessus Name: MS02-018: Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services (327696)
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OpenVAS ID: 10943
OpenVAS Name: Cumulative Patch for Internet Information Services (Q327696)
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Patch: MS02-062

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04/10/2002 🔍
04/23/2002 +13 days 🔍
10/31/2002 +191 days 🔍
11/12/2002 +12 days 🔍
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08/31/2003 +292 days 🔍
07/31/2014 +3987 days 🔍
05/12/2019 +1746 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS02-062
Researcher: FIRST
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-1181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19135

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X-Force: 10590
SecurityFocus: 6072 - Microsoft IIS Administrative Pages Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 1826 - [MS02-062] Microsoft IIS 4.0-5.1 is Vulnerable to Multiple Cross Site Scripting Attacks, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2014 15:06
Updated: 05/12/2019 06:06
Changes: 07/31/2014 15:06 (69), 05/12/2019 06:06 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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