CVE-1999-1538

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

When IIS 2 or 3 is upgraded to IIS 4, ism.dll is inadvertently left in /scripts/iisadmin, which does not restrict access to the local machine and allows an unauthorized user to gain access to sensitive server information, including the Administrator's password.

When IIS 2 or 3 is upgraded to IIS 4, ism.dll is inadvertently left in /scripts/iisadmin, which does not restrict access to the local machine and allows an unauthorized user to gain access to sensitive server information, including the Administrator's password.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 26 years ago

1999-01-14 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:05:00

Affected Software

Microsoft IIS 4.0

4.0

References

19990114 MS IIS 4.0 Security Advisory

19990114 MS IIS 4.0 Security Advisory

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Exploit

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