Microsoft FrontPage Extensions authors.pwd information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft FrontPage Extensions and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the file authors.pwd. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. There is no exploit available. You should change the configuration settings.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft FrontPage Extensions (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the file authors.pwd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was shared 01/01/1999. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10078 (Microsoft FrontPage Extensions authors.pwd Information Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3393), Tenable (10078), SecurityFocus (BID 1205†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1230†). The entry VDB-81763 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10078
Nessus Name: Microsoft FrontPage Extensions authors.pwd Information Disclosure
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Recommended: Config
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08/22/1999 +233 days 🔍
06/23/2003 +1401 days 🔍
06/28/2016 +4754 days 🔍
08/24/2022 +2248 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88259
X-Force: 3393
SecurityFocus: 1205
Vulnerability Center: 1230 - Frontpage Server Extensions Allows \x27authors.pwd\x27 to be Downloaded, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2016 16:43
Updated: 08/24/2022 19:04
Changes: 06/28/2016 16:43 (49), 02/11/2019 16:30 (1), 08/24/2022 19:04 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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