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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2009-2521

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…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 82.3%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 82.3%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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."

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
82.27% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
microsoft/internet information services
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.