4864 : Microsoft IIS TRACK Logging Failure
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Timeline

Discovery Date Disclosure Date Exploit Publish Date
2003-01-02 2003-12-28 2003-12-28
Time to Exploit
360 days

Keywords

AQTRONIX Security Advisory AQ-2003-02

Description

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to obtain information without being logged. The issue is due to the IIS server not properly logging HTTP TRACK requests. If an attacker uses TRACK requests, they may be able to probe or attempt to exploit an IIS server undetected.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure, Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Microsoft Corporation
Watch-list
IIS
Watch-list
5.0

References

Credit

  • Parcifal Aertssen - parcifalaqtronix.com - AQTRONIX

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-01-15 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_0 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_0

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