Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP Indexing Service cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Indexing Service. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0032. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows 2000/Server 2003/XP (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Indexing Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Indexing Service in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, when the Encoding option is set to Auto Select, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded URL, which is injected into an error message whose charset is set to UTF-7.

The bug was discovered 09/12/2006. The weakness was disclosed 09/12/2006 by Eiji James Yoshida as MS06-053 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0032 since 11/30/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2399 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22333 (MS06-053: Vulnerability in Indexing Service Could Allow XSS (920685)), 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 90350 (Windows Indexing Service Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (MS06-053)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS06-053 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 8349. In this case the pattern default.idq is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28651), Tenable (22333), SecurityFocus (BID 19927†), OSVDB (28729†) and Secunia (SA21861†). The entry VDB-2520 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 22333
Nessus Name: MS06-053: Vulnerability in Indexing Service Could Allow XSS (920685)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS06-053

Snort ID: 8349
Snort Message: WEB-IIS Indexing Service ciRestriction cross-site scripting attempt
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Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-053
Researcher: Eiji James Yoshida
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0032 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0032
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2522

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X-Force: 28651 - Microsoft Indexing Service cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 19927 - Microsoft Indexing Service Query Validation Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 21861 - Microsoft Windows Indexing Service Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
OSVDB: 28729 - Microsoft Windows Indexing Service Unspecified XSS
SecurityTracker: 1016826
Vulnerability Center: 12677 - [MS06-053] Microsoft Windows Indexing Service XSS when Accessible Through IIS, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3564

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

Created: 09/13/2006 13:36
Updated: 06/25/2025 03:15
Changes: 09/13/2006 13:36 (108), 06/25/2019 10:56 (1), 01/19/2025 19:52 (17), 04/22/2025 19:10 (2), 06/25/2025 03:15 (2)
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