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Microsoft IIS FTP Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (975254)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-053.

Insight

Insight

- This issue is caused by an error when processing directory listing commands including the '*' character and '../' sequences, which could be exploited to exhaust the stack. - An heap-based buffer overflow error occurs in the FTP service when processing a specially crafted 'NLST' command.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0/5/1/6.0.

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)