Re: IIS still revealing paths for web directories

From: Michael Howard (mikehowat_private)
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 13:28:46 PST

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    what auth schemes are you using? if you've already used basic auth and
    the .ida stuff is in the same realm as the previous basic auth realm
    then you won't get prompted until you either (a) switch realms or (b)
    use another auth scheme.
    
    Cheers, Michael Howard
    Windows 2000 Security
    Got an 'Access Denied' problem? Check the appropriate logs first!
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Kevin Matthew [mailto:kevinmat_private]
    Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:59 AM
    To: BUGTRAQat_private
    Subject: Re: IIS still revealing paths for web directories
    
    
    Hello,
    
    	There's another glitch when you have a password protected
    webdirectory with IIS5 and sendin the http://www.iisServer.blah/blah.ida
    When the root folder on that website is password protected you do not
    get
    asked to authenticate but you just recieve the error like other
    postings.  Ditto with guessing content of that folder the server would
    not
    ask for the auth but just report a missing .ida file with full path of
    the
    local file.
    
    	IIS should ask for the password before giving out anything else.
    
    Kevin Matthew <kevinmat_private>
    Windsor Information Network Company Limited (WINCOM)
    4325 County Road 42, Unit 10
    Windsor, Ontario N8A 6J3
    ____________________________________________________
    Phone: 519.972.1007  Fax: 519.972.7009
    
    
    On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Brock Tellier wrote:
    
    > BTW, different error messages are given depending on whether or not
    the path
    > up to the idq file exists.  In my brief testing:
    >
    > http://www.example.com/exists/bah.ida
    > yields
    > The IDQ file C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\exists\bah.ida could not be found.
    >
    >
    > http://www.example.com/doesntexist/bah.ida
    > yields
    > File C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\doesntexist\bah.ida. The system cannot find
    the path
    > specified.
    >
    > Brock Tellier
    > UNIX Systems Administrator
    > Chicago, IL, USA
    > btellierat_private
    >
    > Frank Knobbe at Home <FKnobbeat_private> wrote:
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    > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > From: Chris Tobkin [mailto:tobkinat_private]
    > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 2:08 PM
    > > >
    > > > > The same problem still exists on IIS4 (tested with SP5 -
    > > > didn't try on
    > > > > SP6).
    > > >
    > > > Still exists as far back as IIS3 also. (SP6a)
    > >
    > > Can't reproduce the problem with IIS3 and SP6.
    > >
    > > BTW: I'm running IIS3 on several servers without problems. I did not
    > > want to upgrade to IIS4 due to the complexity of its internal
    > > processes (and all those exploits that followed). My main complaint
    > > is still that I do not want to run IIS under the system account as
    > > IIS4 requires.
    > >
    > > Anyway, a time will come when we need to upgrade to W2K and IIS5.
    > > Does anyone have a comparison or analysis of IIS5 in respect to
    > > security (data channels, posting acceptors, etc)?
    > >
    > > Regards,
    > > Frank
    > >
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