Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-0015. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in _vti_bin/_vti_adm/fpadmdll.dll in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 and SharePoint Team Services allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, then leverage the attack to execute arbitrary programs or create new accounts, via the (1) operation, (2) command, and (3) name parameters.

The weakness was published 04/11/2006 by Esteban Martínez Fayó as MS06-017 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0015 since 11/09/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After 1 days, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21247 (MS06-017: FrontPage fpadmdll.dll Multiple Parameter XSS (917627)), 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 86739 (FrontPage Server Extensions Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (MS06-017)).

Applying the patch MS06-017 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 7029. In this case the pattern _vti_bin/_vti_adm/fpadmdll.dll is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4306.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25537), Exploit-DB (27620), Tenable (21247), SecurityFocus (BID 17452†) and OSVDB (24518†). 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: 21247
Nessus Name: MS06-017: FrontPage fpadmdll.dll Multiple Parameter XSS (917627)
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OpenVAS ID: 56769
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: frontpage -- cross site scripting vulnerability
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Patch: MS06-017

Snort ID: 7029
Snort Message: WEB-IIS frontpage server extensions 2002 cross site scripting attempt
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-017
Researcher: Esteban Martínez Fayó
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0015 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0015
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2135

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X-Force: 25537 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions HTML cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 17452 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 19623 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
OSVDB: 24518 - Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions fpadmdll.dll Multiple Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1015896
Vulnerability Center: 11062 - [MS06-017] Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions and SharePoint Team Services XSS Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1322

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

Entryinfo

Created: 04/12/2006 16:17
Updated: 12/27/2024 02:12
Changes: 04/12/2006 16:17 (102), 09/05/2019 13:34 (9), 12/27/2024 02:12 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:E6F:103

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