MS Frontpage Image Mapper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:1117

Info

MS Frontpage Image Mapper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1117
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2000-0256
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 19 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 01:56AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on April 19, 2000 by Narrow <[email protected]> of Legion 2000.
Vulnerable: Microsoft Personal Web Server 2.0
+ Microsoft FrontPage 97
+ Microsoft FrontPage 97
+ Microsoft FrontPage 98
+ Microsoft FrontPage 98
Microsoft NT Option Pack for NT 4.0 0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft FrontPage Personal WebServer 1.0
+ Microsoft FrontPage 1.1
+ Microsoft FrontPage 1.1
+ Microsoft FrontPage 97
+ Microsoft FrontPage 97
+ Microsoft FrontPage 98
+ Microsoft FrontPage 98
Microsoft FrontPage 98 Server Extensions for PWS
Microsoft FrontPage 97 Server Extensions for PWS
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MS Frontpage Image Mapper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The htimage.exe and imagemap.exe files included with FrontPage handle server-side image mapping functions. Under normal operations, it would be passed a map name and a set of coordinates in the format http:&amp;nbsp;//target/path/htimage.exe/mapname?x,y .

If the mapname portion of the request is replaced with 741 or more characters, the webserver software will crash, although the operating system will continue to function normally. Stack dumps reveal that user-supplied data occasionally makes it to the EIP register, making the execution of remote arbitrary code potentially possible.

Exploit / POC

MS Frontpage Image Mapper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue that run remote code. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

To crash the server:
http:&amp;nbsp;//target/path/htimage.exe/&lt;741+characters&gt;?0,0

Solution / Fix

MS Frontpage Image Mapper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

MS Frontpage Image Mapper Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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