Microsoft Frontpage detection 2.0
 
Plugin ID111
Plugin nameMicrosoft Frontpage detection
Plugin filenameMicrosoft Frontpage detection.plugin
Plugin filesize3647 bytes
Plugin familyCGI
Plugin created nameMarc Ruef
Plugin created emailmarc dot ruef at computec dot ch
Plugin created webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin created companycomputec.ch
Plugin created date2004/08/31
Plugin updated nameMarc Ruef
Plugin updated emailmarc dot ruef at computec dot ch
Plugin updated webhttp://www.computec.ch
Plugin updated companycomputec.ch
Plugin updated date2004/11/14
Plugin version2.0
Plugin changelogCorrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0
Plugin protocoltcp
Plugin port80
Plugin procedure detectionopen|sleep|send POST /_vti_bin/shtml.dll/_vti_rpc HTTP/1.0\nConnection: Keep-Alive\r\nDate: Mon, 23 Mar 2003 01:23:42 GMT\nMIME-Version: 1.0\r\nX-Vermeer-Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\n\nmethod=open+service%3a3%2e0%2e2%2e1105&service%5fname=%2f\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### *<li>msg=The user*
Plugin detection accuracy99
Plugin commentCheck is copied from the Nessus plugin (see Nessus ID listed in the sources).
Bug vulnerability classConfiguration
Bug descriptionThe remote web server appears to be running with the Frontpage extensions. Frontpage allows remote web developers and administrators to modify web content from a remote location. While this is a fairly typical scenario on an internal Local Area Network, the Frontpage extensions should not be available to anonymous users via the Internet (or any other untrusted 3rd party network). You should double check the configuration since a lot of security problems have been found with FrontPage when the configuration file is not well set up.
Bug solutionInstall the patches for the affected version or upgrade to the latest software version. The web server should be deactivated or de-installed if not necessary. To make it harder to find the server the daemon could be configured to listen at another port (e.g. 8081). Try to prevent unwanted connection attempts by filtering traffic with firewalling. Alternation of the application banner can confuse an attacker and let him determine the wrong software.
Bug fixing timeApprox. 2 hours
Bug exploit availabilityYes
Bug remoteYes
Bug localYes
Bug severityMedium
Bug popularity7
Bug simplicity7
Bug impact7
Bug risk7
Bug Nessus riskHigh
Bug check toolsNessus is able to do the same check very accurate. See the Nessus plugin ID for more details. Furthermore Symantec NetRecon 3.5 and 3.6 may be able to do a similar check.
Source CVECAN-2000-0114
Source Nessus ID10077
Source LiteratureHacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427
Source Misc.http://www.computec.ch

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