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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft IIS 5.0/6.0/7.0 (Web Server). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component FTP Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
Stack consumption vulnerability in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 through 7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a list (ls) -R command containing a wildcard that references a subdirectory, followed by a .. (dot dot), aka "IIS FTP Service DoS Vulnerability."
The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was shared 09/04/2009 by kingcope as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2521 since 07/17/2009. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3487 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42109 (MS09-053: Vulnerabilities in FTP Service for Internet Information Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975254)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27302 (Microsoft FTP Service for Internet Information Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-053 and KB97519)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8464.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53034) and Tenable (42109). The entry 4019 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 42109
Nessus Name: MS09-053: Vulnerabilities in FTP Service for Internet Information Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975254)
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OpenVAS ID: 900874
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft IIS FTP Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (975254)
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MetaSploit ID: iis_list_exhaustion.rb
MetaSploit Name: Microsoft IIS FTP Server LIST Stack Exhaustion
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Patch: microsoft.com
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Timeline
02/17/2000 🔍07/17/2009 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: microsoft.com
Researcher: kingcope
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2009-2521 (🔍)
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X-Force: 53034
Vulnerability Center: 23380 - [MS09-053] Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) FTP Service Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36273 - Microsoft IIS FTPd Globbing Functionality Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 36594 - Microsoft IIS FTP Server Recursive Listing Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 57753 - Microsoft IIS FTP Server Crafted Recursive Listing Remote DoS
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Entry
Created: 09/21/2009 15:35Updated: 03/17/2021 13:00
Changes: 09/21/2009 15:35 (94), 02/24/2017 13:03 (9), 03/17/2021 13:00 (3)
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