CVE-2009-1535
HIGHEPSS 100th pctlDescription
The WebDAV extension in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass URI-based protection mechanisms, and list folders or read, create, or modify files, via a %c0%af (Unicode / character) at an arbitrary position in the URI, as demonstrated by inserting %c0%af into a "/protected/" initial pathname component to bypass the password protection on the protected\ folder, aka "IIS 5.1 and 6.0 WebDAV Authentication Bypass Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1122.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0135.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0139.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/0144.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/att-0135/IIS_Advisory.pdf
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/05/iis-6-webdac-auth-bypass-and-data.html
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=6397
- http://view.samurajdata.se/psview.php?id=023287d6&page=1
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2009-June/002192.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-160A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-020
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6029
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