NT IIS4 Remote Web-Based Administration Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	189
Class:	Access Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-1999-1538
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 14 1999 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 11 2009 12:16AM
Credit:	This vulnerability was posted to NTBugtraq by David Litchfield (Mnemonix).
Vulnerable:	Microsoft IIS 4.0 + Cisco Building Broadband Service Manager (BBSM) 5.0 + Cisco Building Broadband Service Manager (BBSM) 5.0 + Cisco Call Manager 3.0 + Cisco Call Manager 3.0 + Cisco Call Manager 2.0 + Cisco Call Manager 2.0 + Cisco Call Manager 1.0 + Cisco Call Manager 1.0 + Cisco ICS 7750 + Cisco ICS 7750 + Cisco IP/VC 3540 Video Rate Matching Module + Cisco IP/VC 3540 Video Rate Matching Module + Cisco Unity Server 2.4 + Cisco Unity Server 2.4 + Cisco Unity Server 2.3 + Cisco Unity Server 2.3 + Cisco Unity Server 2.2 + Cisco Unity Server 2.2 + Cisco Unity Server 2.0 + Cisco Unity Server 2.0 + Cisco uOne 4.0 + Cisco uOne 4.0 + Cisco uOne 3.0 + Cisco uOne 3.0 + Cisco uOne 2.0 + Cisco uOne 2.0 + Cisco uOne 1.0 + Cisco uOne 1.0 + Hancom Hancom Office 2007 0 + Hancom Hancom Office 2007 0 + Microsoft BackOffice 4.5 + Microsoft BackOffice 4.5 + Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack + Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack
Not Vulnerable:	Microsoft IIS 3.0 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft IIS 2.0 + Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 + Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

NT IIS4 Remote Web-Based Administration Vulnerability

Web-based administration for IIS 4.0 is, by default, limited to the local loopback address, 127.0.0.1. In instances where IIS4.0 was installed as an upgrade to IIS 2.0 or 3.0, a legacy ISAPI DLL (ISM.DLL) is left in the /scripts/iisadmin directory. An attacker may call this DLL via the following syntax:

http://www.server.com/scripts/iisadmin/ism.dll?http/dir

This URL prompts the user for a username/password to access the remote administration console. Although approved access does not permit the user to commit changes to the IIS server, it may allow them to gather sensitive information about the web server and its configuration.

NT IIS4 Remote Web-Based Administration Vulnerability

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