CVE-2003-0824
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnknown vulnerability in the SmartHTML interpreter (shtml.dll) in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2000 and 2002, and Microsoft SharePoint Team Services 2002, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (response failure) via a certain request.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceA denial of service vulnerability exists in the SmartHTML interpreter (shtml.dll) component of Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2000/2002 and SharePoint Team Services 2002. Remote attackers can send specially crafted requests to the vulnerable DLL, causing the service to fail and prevent legitimate responses.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2000= 2002= 2002all versionsall versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check for FrontPage Server Extensions installationOpen Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, look for 'Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2000' or 'Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions 2002' in the installed programs listAffected if Either FrontPage Server Extensions 2000 or 2002 appears in installed programs
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Check for SharePoint Team Services installationOpen Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, look for 'Microsoft SharePoint Team Services 2002' or 'SharePoint Team Services' in the installed programs listAffected if SharePoint Team Services 2002 appears in installed programs
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Locate the shtml.dll componentSearch for shtml.dll on the system using Windows Explorer search or the command 'dir /s c:\shtml.dll'. Common paths include \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\frontpage\ or \inetpub\wwwroot\Affected if shtml.dll is found on the system in any location
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Verify IIS web server is runningOpen Services console (services.msc) and check if 'IIS Admin Service' or 'World Wide Web Publishing Service' is running, or run 'iisreset /status' from command promptAffected if IIS is running on a system that has FrontPage Server Extensions or SharePoint Team Services installed
If FrontPage Server Extensions 2000/2002 or SharePoint Team Services 2002 are installed and IIS is running, the system is vulnerable to this CVE and will be affected by the denial of service condition.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataSince these are legacy Microsoft products from 2002 with no further vendor support, the primary remediation is to disable or remove the FrontPage Server Extensions and SharePoint Team Services components entirely, or migrate to supported Microsoft web platforms.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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