full-disclosure - Microsoft win2003server phone home

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From: mattmurphy at kc.rr.com (Matthew Murphy)
Subject: Microsoft win2003server phone home

"Mike Garegnani" writes:
> [snip]
> all that was posted was a guid, and not to mention it was a 404 so
> aside from your post showing up somewhere in a log it won't be used or
even
> seen for that matter. but it certainly can be a security issue.
> [snip]

Um, since when did 404's guarantee that data could not be seen?  Take the
following Classic ASP:

<% @Language="VBScript" %>
<%
guid = Request.Query("guid")
Response.AddHeader("Status: 404 Not Found")
Response.Buffer = True
' TODO: Mess with 'guid'
Response.Clear
%>

You get an IIS 404 error, even though the script most certainly *DID* exist.
URLScan works in the exact same way -- returning 404s to requests for valid
resources.  IMHO this makes identifying URLScan a piece of cake, but some of
its competitors are less subtle (e.g, SecureIIS).