VDB-81763 · BID 1205 · SBV-2281

Microsoft FrontPage Extensions privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft FrontPage Extensions and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes privileges management. There is no available exploit. It is advised to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft FrontPage Extensions (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 01/01/1999. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The best possible mitigation is suggested to be disabling the affected component. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1070.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 1205†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2281†). See VDB-88259 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Disable
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Timelineinfo

04/26/1998 🔍
12/31/1998 +250 days 🔍
01/01/1999 +0 days 🔍
10/13/2003 +1745 days 🔍
04/08/2016 +4561 days 🔍
09/28/2018 +903 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81763
SecurityFocus: 1205 - Microsoft FrontPage Extensions .pwd File Permissions Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2281 - Microsoft FrontPage Extensions Weakness, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2016 14:25
Updated: 09/28/2018 09:22
Changes: 04/08/2016 14:25 (45), 09/28/2018 09:22 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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