Vulnerability in Exchange Server 5.5 Outlook Web Access Could Allow Cross-Site Scripting Attack (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-047)

From: Ory Segal (ory.segal_at_sanctuminc.com)
Date: 10/16/03

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     From Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-047:

    A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability results due to the way that
    Outlook Web Access (OWA) performs HTML encoding in the Compose New
    Message form.

    An attacker could seek to exploit this vulnerability by having a user
    run script on the attacker's behalf. The script would execute in the
    security context of the user. If the script executes in the security
    context of the user, the attacker's code could then execute by using the
    security settings of the OWA Web site (or of a Web site that is hosted
    on the same server as the OWA Web site) and could enable the attacker to
    access any data belonging to the site where the user has access.
     
    To exploit this vulnerability through OWA, an attacker would have to
    send an e-mail message that has a specially-formed link to the user. The
    user would then have to click the link. To exploit this vulnerability in
    another way, an attacker would have to know the name of the user's
    Exchange server and then entice the user to open a specially-formed link
    from another source while the user is logged on to OWA.

    The full security bulletin can be found at:
    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-047.asp

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