Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services
CVE-2006-6578
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 permits the IUSR_Machine account to execute non-EXE files such as .COM files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via arguments to any .COM file that executes those arguments, as demonstrated using win.com when it is in a web directory with certain permissions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.070 (94.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Information Services — versions 5.1
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2036 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454268/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)