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CVE-2017-7269

CVE-2017-7269CRITICAL

n/a n/a — Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS    %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .9982   100.0   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Mar 26  Reserved by mitre
  Mar 27  Published (CNA: mitre)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

CWE-120 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 11 references · KEV due May 3, 2022

Description

Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header beginning with "If: <http://" in a PROPFIND request, as exploited in the wild in July or August 2016.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
March 26, 2017	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
March 27, 2017	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-120

References (11)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97127 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038168 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK]
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/03/0patching-immortal-cve-2017-7269.html [x_refsource_MISC]
https://github.com/danigargu/explodingcan [x_refsource_MISC]
https://github.com/edwardz246003/IIS_exploit [x_refsource_MISC]
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/8162 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://medium.com/%40iraklis/number-of-internet-facing-vulnerable-iis-6-0-to-cve-2017-7269-8bd153ef5812 [x_refsource_MISC]
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3197835/description-of-the-security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-server [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-7269 [government-resource]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41738/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41992/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]

Authoritative record: CVE-2017-7269 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-120

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