CVE-2003-1582 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Remote attackers can inject XSS payloads into IIS logs via crafted DNS responses when reverse DNS lookup is enabled, potentially compromising administrators viewing logs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-1582?
CVE-2003-1582 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 5 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, when DNS resolution is enabled for client IP addresses, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary text into log files via an HTTP request in conjunction with a crafted DNS response, as demonstrated by injecting XSS sequences, related to an "Inverse Lookup Log Corruption (ILLC)" issue.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1582?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1582?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1582 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2003-1582 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1582 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server
- CVE-2008-0075 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-1999-1376 Buffer overflow in fpcount.exe in IIS 4.0 with FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- CVE-1999-0407 By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or
- CVE-1999-0874 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g594-8xgx-ww3j.