831 : Microsoft Site Server LDAP_Anonymous Account Default Password
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2002-01-30	2002-01-30

Description

By default, Microsoft Site Server installs with a default password. The 'LDAP_Anonymous' account has a password of 'LdapPassword_1' which is publicly known and documented. This allows attackers to trivially access the system.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Authentication Management
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Change Default Setting
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

The password is hard coded into \winnt\system32\pNmsrvs.dll and \winnt\system32\inetsrv\dscomobj.dll. Thus, changing the password through the registry setting has no effect. It should also be noted that the system removes all traces after using this account.

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation

Site Server

3.0 Standard Edition

References

Security Tracker: 1003420
Related OSVDB ID: 17652 17653 17654 17655 17656 17657 17658 17659 17660 17661 17662 17663 17664 17665 17666 17667 17668 17669 17670 17671
CVE ID: 2002-1769 (see also: NVD)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 248840
Bugtraq ID: 3998
ISS X-Force ID: 8048
Mail List Post: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=vulnwatch&m=101235440104716&w=2
Vendor URL: http://www.microsoft.com/

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
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