CVE-2006-1364
HIGHEPSS 99th pctlDescription
Microsoft w3wp (aka w3wp.exe) does not properly handle when the AspCompat directive is not used when referencing COM components in ASP.NET, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or crash) by repeatedly requesting each of several documents that refer to COM components, or are restricted documents located under the ASP.NET application path.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/w3wp-remote-dos.zip
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044291.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044292.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015825
- http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5KP0O0KI0Y.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428622/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17188
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25392
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1601
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