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Outlook Web Access URL Injection

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
The remote host is running Microsoft Outlook Web Access 2003 and is vulnerable to URL Injection.

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server is vulnerable to a URL injection vulnerability.

Description :

The remote host is running Microsoft Outlook Web Access 2003.

Due to a lack of sanitization of the user input, the remote version of this
software is vulnerable to URL injection which can be exploited to redirect a
user to a different, unauthorized web server after authenticating to OWA.
This unauthorized site could be used to capture sensitive information by
appearing to be part of the web application.

See also :

http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-001-owa.txt

Solution :

None at this time

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 3
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:C)

Networks Security ID: 12459

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michael J. Richardson

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