CVE-2009-3023

Published: Aug 31, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-120

9.0CRITICAL

NVD MITRE

Description

Buffer overflow in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NLST (NAME LIST) command that uses wildcards, leading to memory corruption, aka "IIS FTP Service RCE and DoS Vulnerability."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:SAuthentication

Single

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:CAvailability

Complete

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Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected Products

Microsoft Corp

commercial·USaka microsoft, microsoft corporation

Microsoft Internet Information ServicesOn-premWeb App

Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy

ICP DAS Co. Ltd.

commercial

XP-8741-AtomEmbedded

ICS / OT / IoT / plc-scada-hmi

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ975191

support.microsoft.com

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9541

exploit-db.com

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9559

exploit-db.com

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