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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.