ASP Application Security: CDONTS.NEWMAIL

From: David Litchfield (davidat_private)
Date: Fri Jan 11 2002 - 07:21:35 PST

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    Howdy,
    I've written a paper on a potential risk with using the CDONTS.NEWMAIL
    object in Microsoft ASP applications running on Internet Information Server.
    The paper discusses how an attacker can leverage an ASP page using the
    CDONTS.NEWMAIL object to send arbitrary e-mails from the vulnerable web
    server. The CDONTS.NEWMAIL object is used freqently to provide e-mail
    functionality for pages such as feedback or contact forms and so ASP
    developers should ensure that all client input be made safe before passing
    it to any of the properties of the object. Paper available from
    http://www.nextgenss.com/research.html .
    Cheers,
    David Litchfield
    



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