CVE-2007-2815

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server 5.0 only uses Windows NT ACL configuration, which allows remote attackers to bypass NTLM and basic authentication mechanisms and access private web directories via the CiWebhitsfile parameter to null.htw.

The "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server 5.0 only uses Windows NT ACL configuration, which allows remote attackers to bypass NTLM and basic authentication mechanisms and access private web directories via the CiWebhitsfile parameter to null.htw.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2007-05-22 19:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-16 16:45:00

Affected Software

Microsoft IIS 5.0

5.0

References

41091

2725

328832

20070522 [ISecAuditors Security Advisories] Microsoft IIS5 NTLM and Basic authentication bypass

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