Vulnerability Name:

CCN-1376

Published:1998-10-09
Updated:1998-10-09
Summary:Microsoft Proxy server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack when the user makes a connection to a proxy server, then aborts the connection. An attacker can send a specially-crafted GET request to the server and abort the connection to consume 100% of the CPU resources.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:48:07 +0100
DoS attack in MS - Proxy 2.0

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
msproxy-dos(1376)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:proxy_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    microsoft proxy server 2.0