Microsoft OWA Exchange Server 2003 - 'redir.asp' Open Redirection

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

48.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

99%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Open redirect vulnerability in exchweb/bin/redir.asp in Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (aka build 6.5.7638) allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the URL parameter.

Impact

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to trick users into visiting malicious websites, leading to potential phishing attacks.

Fix

Apply the necessary security patches or upgrade to a newer version of Microsoft Exchange Server.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://interact.sh ; GET {{BaseURL}}/CookieAuth.dll?GetLogon?url=%2Fexchweb%2Fbin%2Fredir.asp%3FURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Finteract.sh&reason=0
Positive when: matches in header /(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?://|//)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh.*$/

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2008-1547 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2008-1547

info:
  name: Microsoft OWA Exchange Server 2003 - 'redir.asp' Open Redirection
  author: ctflearner
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Open redirect vulnerability in exchweb/bin/redir.asp in Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 (aka build 6.5.7638) allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the URL parameter.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to trick users into visiting malicious websites, leading to potential phishing attacks.
  remediation: |
    Apply the necessary security patches or upgrade to a newer version of Microsoft Exchange Server.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1547
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32489
    - http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4441
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46061
    - https://github.com/tr3ss/newclei
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2008-1547
    cwe-id: CWE-601
    epss-score: 0.48137
    epss-percentile: 0.9887
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: microsoft
    product: exchange_server
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"Outlook"
      - http.favicon.hash:1768726119
      - http.title:"outlook"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server"
    fofa-query:
      - title="outlook"
      - icon_hash=1768726119
    google-query: intitle:"outlook"
  tags: cve2008,cve,redirect,owa,exchange,microsoft,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://interact.sh"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/CookieAuth.dll?GetLogon?url=%2Fexchweb%2Fbin%2Fredir.asp%3FURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Finteract.sh&reason=0"

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?://|//)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh.*$'

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