Vulnerability CVE-2007-2815
Published: 2007-05-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft IIS5 NTLM and Basic authentication bypass
Jesus Olmos Gonz...
24.05.2007

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Internet information services 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2725
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328832
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469238/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24105
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