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IIS Global.asa Retrieval

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Web Servers

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Workaround

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running the Microsoft IIS web server. This web server contains a configuration flaw that allows the retrieval of the global.asa file.

Insight

Insight

This vulnerability may be caused by a missing ISAPI map of the .asa extension to asp.dll.

Solution

Solution

To restore the .asa map: Open Internet Services Manager. Right-click on the affected web server and choose Properties from the context menu. Select Master Properties, then Select WWW Service --> Edit --> Home Directory --> Configuration. Click the Add button, specify C:\winnt\system32\inetsrv\asp.dll as the executable (may be different depending on your installation), enter .asa as the extension, limit the verbs to GET, HEAD, POST, TRACE, ensure the Script Engine box is checked and click OK.