Vulnerabilities > CVE-2000-0071 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
microsoft
nessus

Summary

IIS 4.0 allows a remote attacker to obtain the real pathname of the document root by requesting non-existent files with .ida or .idq extensions.

Nessus

NASL familyWeb Servers
NASL idIIS_ANYTHING_IDQ.NASL
descriptionThe remote version of IIS is affected by two vulnerabilities : - An information disclosure issue allows a remote attacker to obtain the real pathname of the document root by requesting nonexistent files with .ida or .idq extensions. - An argument validation issue in the WebHits component lets a remote attacker read arbitrary files on the remote server. The path disclosure issue has been reported to affect Microsoft Index Server as well.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id10492
published2000-08-24
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Filipe Custodio
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/10492
titleMS00-006: Microsoft IIS IDA/IDQ Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)
code
#
# This script was written by Filipe Custodio <[email protected]>
#
# See the Nessus Scripts License for details
#
# Changes by Tenable :
# - description slightly modified to include a solution
# - add MSKB script_xref 8/29/17

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
 script_id(10492);
 script_version("1.47");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0071", "CVE-2000-0098", "CVE-2000-0302");
 script_bugtraq_id(1065);
 script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS00-006");
 script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"251170");
 script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"252463");

 script_name(english:"MS00-006: Microsoft IIS IDA/IDQ Multiple Vulnerabilities (uncredentialed check)");
 script_summary(english:"Determines IIS IDA/IDQ Path Reveal vulnerability");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote IIS web server is missing a security patch.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote version of IIS is affected by two vulnerabilities :

  - An information disclosure issue allows a remote attacker
    to obtain the real pathname of the document root by
    requesting nonexistent files with .ida or .idq
    extensions.

  - An argument validation issue in the WebHits component lets
    a remote attacker read arbitrary files on the remote
    server.

The path disclosure issue has been reported to affect Microsoft Index
Server as well.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2000/ms00-006");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Microsoft released a patch for Windows 2000.");
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2000/01/11");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2000/08/24");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:iis");
 script_end_attributes();

 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2000-2020 Filipe Custodio");
 script_family(english:"Web Servers");

 script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl", "http_version.nasl", "www_fingerprinting_hmap.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("global_settings.inc");
include("http_func.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);


sig = get_http_banner(port:port);
if ( "IIS" >!< sig ) exit(0);


if(get_port_state(port))
{
 soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
 if(!soc)exit(0);

 req = http_get(item:"/anything.idq", port:port);
 soc = http_open_socket(port);
 if(!soc)exit(0);
 send(socket:soc, data:req);
 r = http_recv(socket:soc);
 http_close_socket(soc);
 str = egrep( pattern:"^<HTML>", string:r ) - "<HTML>";
 str = tolower(str);

 if ( egrep(pattern:"[a-z]\:\\.*anything",string:str) ) {
   security_warning( port:port );
 } else {
   req = http_get(item:"/anything.ida", port:port);
   soc = http_open_socket(port);
   if(!soc)exit(0);
   send(socket:soc, data:req);
   r = http_recv(socket:soc);
   http_close_socket(soc);
   str = egrep( pattern:"^<HTML>", string:r ) - "<HTML>";
   str = tolower(str);
   if ( egrep(pattern:"[a-z]\:\\.*anything", string:str) )
      security_warning( port:port );
   }
}