Important Notice: Our web hosting provider recently started charging us for additional visits, which was unexpected. In response, we're seeking donations. Depending on the situation, we may explore different monetization options for our Community and Expert Contributors. It's crucial to provide more returns for their expertise and offer more Expert Validated Answers or AI Validated Answers. Learn more about our hosting issue here.

Could an attacker use the vulnerability to take control of an ISA Server computer?

0
Posted

Could an attacker use the vulnerability to take control of an ISA Server computer?

0

No. This is a cross-site scripting attack only. There is no capability to usurp any administrative privileges on the ISA Server. Could an attacker use the vulnerability to breach the security of the firewall? No. There is no capability to use this vulnerability to lower the security the firewall provides to the network. Firewall mode allows an administrator to secure network communication by configuring rules that control communication between the corporate network and the Internet. Cache mode improves network performance by storing frequently accessed Web pages on the server itself. In integrated mode, all cache and firewall features are available. What causes the vulnerability? The vulnerability results because some of the error pages returned by ISA Server display the requested URL in HTML text without proper encoding. What’s wrong with ISA Server error pages? The homepage() function in many of the ISA error pages does not correctly encode the URL for displaying in HTML text. As a r

Related Questions

What is your question?

*Sadly, we had to bring back ads too. Hopefully more targeted.

Experts123