Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2001 is a .Net Enterprise Server product that simplifies developing and managing e-business web sites. Microsoft has learned of three security vulnerabilities affecting it:
- A buffer overrun in a low-level function that performs user
authentication. At least one web page included with MCMS 2001
passes inputs directly to the function, thereby potentially
providing a way for an attacker to overrun the buffer. The
result of exploiting the vulnerability would be to either
cause MCMS to fail, or run code in the context of the MCMS
service (which runs as Local System).
- A vulnerability resulting from the confluence of two flaws
affecting a function that allows files to be uploaded to the
server. The first flaw lies in how the function authenticates
requests, and would allow any user to submit an upload request.
The second results because it is possible to override the upload
location; where the function should upload files to a folder that
only privileged users can access, it can be overridden to upload
it to a temporary folder that does allow unprivileged users to
call it. By exploiting the two flaws in tandem, an attacker
could upload an .ASP or other file to the server, in a location
from which it could be executed.
- A SQL injection vulnerability affecting a function that services
requests for image files and other resources. Exploiting the
vulnerability could enable an attacker to run SQL commands on the
server, which would not only allow data in the MCMS database to
be added, changed or deleted, but also would enable the attacker
to run operating system commands on the server.
A patch is available to fix this vulnerability. Please read the
Security Bulletin at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-041.asp
for information on obtaining this patch.
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