Microsoft Windows 2000/Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0 Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) ISAPI contains buffer overflow (MS01-023)

Overview

A vulnerability exists in Microsoft IIS 5.0 running on Windows 2000 that allows a remote intruder to run arbitrary code on the victim machine.

Description

Windows 2000 includes support for the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) via an ISAPI extension. According to Microsoft, this extension is installed by default on all Windows 2000 systems, but is only accesible through IIS 5.0. The IPP ISAPI extension contains a buffer overflow that could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the Local System security context, essentially giving the attacker compete control of the system. For more information, see MS01-023 and the eEye Digital Security bulletin.

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Impact

Remote intruders can execute arbitrary code in the Local System security context.

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Solution

Install the patch as described in <http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=29321&gt;

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One workaround is to remove the ISAPI Internet Printing extension by following these steps:

1. Open Internet Services Manager
2. Right-click the web server and Select “Properties” from the Context menu
3. Select “Master Properties”
4. In the WWW service->Edit->HomeDirectory menu, Select “Configuration”
5. Delete the entry for “.printer”

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CVSS Metrics

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References

• <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-023.asp&gt;
• <http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20010501.html&gt;
• <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/iis5chk.asp&gt;
• <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/tools.asp&gt;
• <http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=29321&gt;
• <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2674&gt;

Acknowledgements

This document was written by Shawn V Hernan.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2001-0241
CERT Advisory:	CA-2001-10 Severity Metric: