At the end of week 15 a supposedly serious security issue was reported in Internet Information Server with FrontPage extensions installed. According to media, Microsoft confirmed this backdoor. However, as new information emerged the existence of a backdoor was denied. Microsoft's Security Bulletin MS00-025 was released Friday 14 April and has later been revised two times.
Current information says that there is a vulnerability.
Providing settings on the abovementioned .dll file have been changed from the default settings, it is possible to crash the web server, and potentially run arbitrary code on the server. The dvwssr.dll is part of Visual Interdev 1.0. To eliminate the vulnerability web server managers are advised to delete all instances of the file dvwssr.dll from the servers. Latest security issue Security archives Internet security Technical papers, FAQs etc Norman is one of the world's leading companies within the field of data security. With products for risk analysis, virus control, access control, encryption, network security, PKI-solutions, data recovery and certified data erasure, the company plays an important role in the data industry.