RE: MS OWA 2003 Redirection Vulnerability - [MSRC 7368br]
I verified that OWA 2007 is not vulnerable to the redirection attacks
described below.
Angelo Castigliola III
EISRM - Application Security Architecture
Unum
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-----Original Message-----
From: Piergiorgio Venuti [mailto:piergiorgio@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 5:34 AM
To: Giuseppe Gottardi
Cc: dante@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; secure@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Martin Suess
Subject: Re: MS OWA 2003 Redirection Vulnerability - [MSRC 7368br]
Hi all,
also I've found this vulnerability 1 year ago during a pt and work fine
with url obfuscation. I've read that with owa 2007 this vulnerability is
patched but I don't have tried yet.
Best regards,
Piergiorgio
Giuseppe Gottardi ha scritto:
> Davide, let me comfort you...
>
> I found this vulnerability 1 year ago during a penetration test
> activity and I never reported before for my negligence :-)
>
>
https://owa/CookieAuth.dll?GetLogon?url=%2Fexchweb%2Fbin%2Fredir.asp%3FU
RL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.it&reason=0
>
> Best regards,
> oveRet
>
>
> On ven, 2008-10-17 at 21:07 +0200, Davide Del Vecchio wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> I found and notified this vulnerability to Microsoft in date:
>>
>> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:40:13 +0200
>>
>> You read exactly, April 2007, 1 year and 6 months ago. :(
>>
>> The Microsoft Security Response Center opened the case ID MSRC
7368br.
>>
>> The bug has never been patched since 1 year and 6 months.
>> I asked time to time for updates but they always answered me that the
>> bug had to be patched with the next Service Pack and they did not
have
>> any ETA.
>>
>> This SP has still to be released.
>>
>> They told me that if I released the vulnerability prior to the
official
>> patch, I could not be officially credited for that. I tought it was
not
>> a critical vuln, and so I waited. Too much (?).
>>
>> I am a bit sorry for Microsoft, I think they lost an other chance
since
>> now I feel a bit tricked. I am not sure if the next time I will wait
so
>> much and I am not sure if I will suggest to anyone to wait for the
>> patch. I just hope Microsoft will credit me in the official patch. :(
>>
>> Below you can find the first mail I wrote to MS regarding the issue.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Davide Del Vecchio.
>>
>>
>> From: "Davide Del Vecchio" <dante@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: secure@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Subject: Microsoft Outlook Web Access "redir.asp" Redirection
Weakness
>> Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:40:13 +0200
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I found a weakness in Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA), which
>> potentially can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing
>> attacks.
>> The weakness is caused due to a design error in the way OWA uses an
>> unverified user supplied argument to redirect a user after successful
>> authentication.
>> This can e.g. be exploited by tricking a user into following a link
from
>> a HTML document to the trusted login page with a malicious "url"
parameter.
>> After successful authentication, the user will be redirected to the
>> untrusted (fake) site.
>>
>> The affected product is:
>> Microsoft Outlook Web Access ( OWA )
>> Windows 2003
>>
>> Examples:
>> https://[owa-url]/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.example.com
>>
>> this will take the user to http://www.example.com when the login box
>> is pressed.
>>
>>
https://[owa-url]/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.example.com/setup
.exe
>> prompts the user to download an executable or other file.
>>
>> The attacker can then have a page to capture the user / password
>> and redirect back to the original login page or some other form of
>> phishing attack.
>>
>> Note that this vulnerability is very similar to the one affecting
>> "owalogin.asp" described here:
>> http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0420
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Davide Del Vecchio.
>>
>> Martin Suess ha scritto:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>
>>> Timeline:
>>> ---------
>>> Vendor Status: MSRC tracking case closed
>>> Vendor Notified: March 31st 2008
>>> Vendor Response: May 6th 2008
>>> Advisory Release: October 15th 2008
>>> Patch available: - (vulnerability not high priority)
>>>
>>
>
>
>
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