HTTP: Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway ExcelTable Response Splitting Information Disclosure

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway server. It is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. Attackers can steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Extended Description

Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway is prone to an HTTP response-splitting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data. Attackers can leverage this issue to influence or misrepresent how web content is served, cached, or interpreted. This could aid in conducting cross-site scripting attacks and various other attacks that try to entice client users into a false sense of trust.

Affected Products

Microsoft forefront_unified_access_gateway

References

BugTraq: 49979

CVE: CVE-2011-1895

Short Name
HTTP:XSS:MS-FOREFRONT-INFO-DISC
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
Access CVE-2011-1895 Disclosure ExcelTable Forefront Gateway Information Microsoft Response Splitting Unified bid:49979
Release Date
10/10/2011
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Microsoft

CVSS Score

4.3

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