Microsoft Windows 2000 fails to apply Group Policy to clients when policy file has been opened using exclusive read access (MS02-016)

Overview A vulnerability in the locking of Group Policy Files under Windows 2000 may allow a local intruder to circumvent recently applied policy settings. Description When a user logs onto a Windows 2000 system, a number of "security policy" settings are applied to that user's session. The...

Microsoft Windows Media Player buffer overflow in Active Stream Redirector (.asx) file parser

Overview There is a buffer overflow in the parsing of Active Stream Redirector .ASX files. This buffer overflow may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code when a user views a malicious web page. Description There is a buffer overflow in the processing of Active Stream Redirector .ASX...

WebBoard does not adequately validate user input thereby permitting arbitrary JavaScript execution

Overview WebBoard does not adequately validate user input, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on other WebBoard users' systems. Description WebBoard is a web application which includes a real-time chat server, using JavaScript alerts to display messages received by other user...

PostNuke does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing malicious user to bypass user authentication via SQL injection

Overview PostNuke does not adequately filter user input, allowing arbitrary MySQL query execution and user authentication without password. Description PostNuke is a web content management system based on PHPNuke, written in PHP. The article.php component of PostNuke versions 0.62, 0.63, and 06.4...

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows read access to local files via incorrect VBScript handling

Overview A vulnerability in the cross-domain frame security model of Internet Explorer may allow remote attackers to view the contents of local files when a user views a malicious web page. Description There's a vulnerability in the cross-domain frame security model of Internet Explorer that may...

MS Excel XLM Text Macro execution fails to trigger warning when default medium security set

Overview Excel fails to present a warning dialog when a macro is called from an external XLM text macro file. Description If a spreadsheet contains a reference to an external macro XLM file, Excel does not generate the usual warning dialog asking if the user wants to run the macro. Microsoft...

Savant Web Server has a buffer overflow vulnerability

Overview Savant Web Server has a buffer overflow vulnerability in handling of the HTTP 1.1 Host header. Description Savant Web Server has a buffer overflow vulnerability in handling of the HTTP 1.1 Host header. HTTP requests with long Host headers will cause Savant to crash. --- Impact Remote...

Microsoft Windows SMTP Service fails to properly handle responses from the NTLM authentication layer

Overview A flaw in the authentication code of the SMTP service provided with Windows 2000 server and Exchange 5.5 may allow a user access to the SMTP service. This acess could be used to relay mail in violation of the SMTP server's security policy, or consume CPU resources on the SMTP server...

PGPMail.pl does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing arbitrary command execution

Overview PGPMail.pl does not adequately filter user input, allowing arbitrary command execution. Description PGPMail.pl is an adaptation of the FormMail.pl CGI script, enhanced to use PGP encryption. PGPMail.pl does not adequately filter the "recipient" and "pgpuserid" CGI variables before passin...

Microsoft Windows Media Player ActiveX control allows execution of javascript in "already open" frames

Overview A vulnerability in the Windows Media Player may allow remote attackers to view the contents of local files on the victim's computer. Description Using the "LaunchURL" method of the Windows Media Player ActiveX control, a web page author may be able to circumvent the frame security featur...

SIX-webboard does not adequately validate user input thereby permitting directory traversal

Overview SIX-webboard does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal. Description SIX-webboard 2.01 does not adequately validate the "content" CGI variable, allowing directory traversal out of SIX-webboard's content root directory. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability t...

Microsoft Word does not check for macros contained in linked template file when opening RTF document

Overview There is a vulnerability caused by a failure to detect macros embedded in templates used by rich text format documents opened in Microsoft Word. This vulnerability may allow the author of a malicious document to execute arbitrary commands as the user who opens the document. Description...

Microsoft Exchange 2000 system attendant sets incorrect remote registry permissions

Overview The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant sets the permissions on a registry key incorrectly, allowing remote intruders access to the registry. Description The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant changes the permissions of the...

Novell GroupWise Server web-based front-end does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview Novell GroupWise web application does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal. Description Novell GroupWise server includes a web application that allows users to access e-mail and other features of the server. This component of GroupWise does not properly valida...

Pi-Soft SpoonFTP does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview SpoonFTP Server does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal. Description SpoonFTP Server does not adequately validate arguments to the CWD command, allowing directory traversal out of the FTP root directory. --- Impact Users may read any directory or file on the...

DansGuardian content filtering proxy fails to adequately validate user input thereby allowing user to access restricted site via hex encoded URLs

Overview DansGuardian does not properly filter Description DansGuardian is an HTTP proxy server based on Squid and enhanced to filter web content. DansGuardian does not properly process URLs that contain certain unspecified hexadecimal encodings, resulting in incomplete filtering of HTTP response...

zml.cgi does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview zml.cgi does not adequately validate user input, allowing for directory traversal out of the web root directory. Description The perl script zml.cgi reads and parses a file on the server, executing certain Server Side Include SSI directives found in the file. The script accepts a CGI...

Allaire Forums does not verify user information stored in hidden form fields

Overview Allaire Forums does not verify user information submitted in hidden fields on a web form, allowing attackers to impersonate other users. Description Allaire Forums is a web-based bulletin board system that runs on Cold Fusion. When a user wishes to post a message, Allaire Forums...

TDForum does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing users to embed malicious script code in messages

Overview TDForum does not properly filter HTML scripting tags from user input, allowing users to post malicious scripts that may be executed unwittingly by other users. Description TDForum is a commercial software package providing dynamic web forum capabilities. Versions 1.2 and earlier of TDFor...

A1Stats multiple CGI scripts fail to adequately validate user input

Overview A1Stats does not properly validate user input, allowing directory traversal and overwriting of files. Description A1Stats is a CGI script that provides reports on web site traffic. A1Stats does not properly filter the CGI query string. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to traver...

WebCalendar does not adequately validate user input

Overview WebCalendar does not properly validate user input, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands. Description WebCalendar is a free PHP application providing web calendar services for user groups. WebCalendar contains an unspecified input validation vulnerability, allowing arbitrary...

4D WebServer does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview 4D WebServer does not properly validate HTTP requests, allowing directory traversal outside the root web directory. Description 4D WebServer versions 6.5.7 and earlier do not properly validate HTTP requests, allowing directory traversal outside the root web directory. --- Impact Remote...

Apache mod_dav module vulnerable to DoS

Overview A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Apache moddav. Description moddav is an Apache module. This module enables Apache web servers to provide users the ability to edit and manage files on a remote web server using the HTTP protocol. A vulnerability in moddav may allow an attacker ...

Unix Manual PHP-Script does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing arbitrary command execution

Overview User Manual does not adequately validate user input, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server. Description Unix Manual as known as manual.php is a PHP script used to lookup and display man pages on the web. User Manual does not adequately filter user input before...

Easynews does not adequately validate user input thereby disclosing server installation path via crafted URL request

Overview Easynews does not adequately validate user input. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to learn the filesystem path where the script is installed. Description Easynews is an open-source CGI script designed to create dynamic news story web pages and listings. Easynews does not properl...

Cherokee Web Server does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview Cherokee contains a directory traversal vulnerability caused by failure to filter '../' character sequences. Description Cherokee is a compact, open-source web server. Cherokee does not filter '../' sequences from HTTP requests. As a result, it is possible for a remote attacker to reques...

PHPNuke 'admin.php' script does not adequately authenticate users, thereby allowing malicious user to copy, move, or upload files

Overview PHPNuke's "admin.php" script does not properly authenticate users of its filemanager capabilities. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to copy, move, or upload files. Description PHPNuke is a set of PHP scripts designed to simplify website creation and maintenance. The "admin.php"...

Exim does not adequately validate user input thereby allow execution of arbitrary commands

Overview Under certain configurations, Exim may execute commands embedded in a mail message's From address. Description Exim is an open-source mail transport agent distributed by the University of Cambridge. Exim can be configured to route all incoming mail or mail to particular addresses through...

AdCycle does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing for SQL injection

Overview AdCycle does not adequately filter user input, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary MySQL queries. Description AdCycle is a shareware banner ad management system written in Perl and designed to work with a MySQL database. AdCycle does not adequately filter multiple unspecified...

Textor Webmasters Ltd listrec.pl does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing arbitrary commands to be executed

Overview Textor Webmasters Ltd listrec.pl CGI script does not properly validate input to the "TEMPLATE" CGI variable, allowing arbitrary command execution. Description The CGI script listrec.pl by Textor Webmasters Ltd does not properly validate input to the "TEMPLATE" CGI variable. This value is...

Cherokee Web Server does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing remote command execution

Overview Cherokee does not properly validate HTTP requests. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands as root. Description Cherokee is a compact, open-source web server. Cherokee passes Uniform Resource Identifiers URI's from HTTP requests directly to the shell withou...

PHP-Nuke does not adequately authenticate users thereby allowing attackers to change user information

Overview PHP-Nuke's saveuser function does not adequately authenticate users. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to change user data and gain access to accounts. Description PHP-Nuke is a set of PHP scripts designed to simplify web site creation and maintenance. PHP-Nuke's saveuser function...

Microsoft Office Web Components allows arbitary user to determine whether local file exists via Chart component "Load" method

Overview Microsoft Office Web Components OWC allows a malicious script on a web page to learn if a file exists on the client's filesystem. Description OWC allows viewing of Microsoft Office documents such as spreadsheets and charts to be viewed within an HTML document in Microsoft Internet Explor...

Cherokee Web Server fails to drop privileges after daemon starts

Overview Cherokee fails to drop root privileges after binding to port 80. Description Cherokee is a compact, open-source web server. Cherokee is designed to start as root and drop root privileges after binding to port 80. However, versions of Cherokee prior to 0.2.7 fail to drop root privileges...

Handspring VisorPhone vulnerable to DoS via SMS image transfer

Overview Handspring Visors equipped with the VisorPhone Springboard module can crash when receiving large SMS images from other mobile devices. Description Handspring Visor is a Palm-OS-based personal digital assistant PDA that features a proprietary plug-in hardware expansion technology named...

Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) Content-Disposition vulnerabilities

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE may handle executable content automatically, opening it with another application on the client host that may, in turn, instruct the operating system to execute the file. Description IE does not properly verify the Content-Disposition and Content-Type header...

EFTP does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing directory traversal

Overview Encrypted File Transfer Program EFTP does not properly validate CWD commands, allowing authenticated users to read arbitrary directories and files. Description Encrypted File Transfer Program EFTP is an implementation of the FTP protocol using 448-bit Blowfish encryption. EFTP allows...

Mac OS X utility gm4 contains format string vulnerability

Overview The gm4 utility of Mac OS X contains a buffer overflow, which may allow a root compromise through other programs. Description The gm4 utility of Mac OS X contains a buffer overflow. Some setuid root programs on Mac OS X may rely on gm4, possibly allowing a root compromise through these...

HP Tru64 UNIX "chfn" contains buffer overflow (SSRT2259)

Overview The HP Tru64 UNIX implementation of "chfn" contains a locally exploitable buffer overflow. Description A locally exploitable buffer overflow in "chfn" may permit a local attacker to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable host. --- Impact A local user may be...

Slash-based bulletin boards contain a "quick login" feature that may disclose username and password

Overview Slash-based bulletin boards contain a vulnerability that may cause users to disclose their username and password to third-party sites. Description As described in the Slashcode FAQ, "Slash is a database-driven news and message board, using Perl, Apache and MySQL." Slash allows web site...

Mike Spice's Quiz Me! does not adequately validate user input

Overview Mike Spice's Quiz Me! does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal. As a result, an attacker can cause Quiz Me! to overwrite any file on the server to which the web server process has write privileges. Description Mike Spice's Quiz Me! is a CGI script written in...

Entrust GetAccess does not validate user input thereby allowing users to read arbitrary files

Overview Entrust GetAccess does not properly validate the CGI variable "LOCALE" and may be exploited to read arbitrary files on the server. Description Entrust GetAccess is a web software product for identifying users of a web site. Entrust GetAccess takes a CGI variable named "LOCALE" specifying...

Multiple vulnerabilities exist within credit card chips thereby allowing malicious user to bypass authentication mechanism

Overview French smart card reader terminals can be fooled into accepting imposter smart cards for payment. Description French smart cards are credit cards with an embedded chip containing certain cardholder, account, and authentication information. These cards are read by automated terminals acro...

Mike Spice's Vote does not adequately validate user input

Overview Mike Spice's Vote does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal. As a result, an attacker can cause Vote to overwrite any file on the server to which the web server process has write privileges. Description Mike Spice's Vote is a CGI script written in Perl and...

Mike Spice's My Calendar does not adequately validate user input

Overview Mike Spice's My Calendar does not adequately validate user input, allowing directory traversal. As a result, an attacker can cause My Calendar to overwrite any file on the server to which the web server process has write privileges. Description Mike Spice's My Calendar is a CGI script...

Microsoft Internet Explorer contains cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in local HTML resources

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer IE includes several local HTML resources that contain cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. These resources use the dialogArguments property of dialog frames insecurely, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary script in the Local Machine Zone. Description...

Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerable to DoS via malformed packets sent to port 445/tcp

Overview The default configuration of Microsoft Windows 2000 does not properly handle malformed packets received on TCP port 445. As a result, Windows may cease to function normally upon receipt of malformed packets on this port. Description Microsoft LAN Manager LANMAN is enabled by default on...

Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerable to DoS via crafted ftp:// URL

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer has a vulnerability that may cause the program to crash when opening some FTP URL's. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer with Browsing Enhancements installed by default on some versions of Windows may crash when opening an FTP URL containing '' or '&'...

x_news allows unauthorized users to access administrative menu

Overview xnews allows a user to authenticate without supplying the user's plaintext password. Description xnews is a system for managing news. When a user logs in to xnews version 1.1 using a plaintext password, xnews hashes the password with MD5 and compares it to user's hash stored in the file...

IBM AIX FC contains buffer overflow exploitable during session setup

Overview The FC client in IBM's AIX contains a buffer overflow that may cause a core dump in the client. Description The IBM AIX FC client allows a buffer overflow of a few bytes in the client process, which could cause intermittent core dumps during session setup. Overflowing the buffer is...