Microsoft Internet Security And Acceleration Server 2006 Forms Authentication cookieauth.dll cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Internet Security And Acceleration Server 2006. This affects an unknown part in the library cookieauth.dll of the component Forms Authentication. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-0237. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Internet Security And Acceleration Server 2006. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality in the library cookieauth.dll of the component Forms Authentication. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in cookieauth.dll in the HTML forms authentication component in Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition (TMG MBE); and Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, 2006 Supportability Update, and 2006 SP1; allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via "authentication input" to this component, aka "Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 04/14/2009. The weakness was published 04/14/2009 with Context Information Security (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0237 since 01/20/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36154 (MS09-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront Threat Management Gateway Could Cause Denial of Service (961759)), 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 90491 (Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront Threat Management Gateway Denial of Service (MS09-016)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6811.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49567), Tenable (36154), SecurityFocus (BID 34416†), OSVDB (53637†) and Secunia (SA34687†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3952, VDB-47722, VDB-47724 and VDB-47723. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 36154
Nessus Name: MS09-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront Threat Management Gateway Could Cause Denial of Service (961759)
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OpenVAS ID: 900095
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront Threat Management Gateway DoS Vulnerability (961759)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Context Information Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47720

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X-Force: 49567
SecurityFocus: 34416 - Microsoft ISA Server and Forefront Threat Management Gateway Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 34687
OSVDB: 53637 - Microsoft ISA Server / Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Forms Authentication Component Unspecified XSS
SecurityTracker: 1022046
Vulnerability Center: 21596 - [MS09-016] Microsoft HTML Forms Authentication Component Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1030

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 05/22/2025 20:34
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (91), 09/01/2019 16:53 (2), 05/22/2025 20:34 (18)
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