CVE-1999-1538 Information disclosure in n/a
An attacker can access sensitive server information, including the Administrator's password, due to leftover files from an IIS upgrade.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1538?
CVE-1999-1538 is a low-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 12 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When IIS 2 or 3 is upgraded to IIS 4, ism.dll is inadvertently left in /scripts/iisadmin, which does not restrict access to the local machine and allows an unauthorized user to gain access to sensitive server information, including the Administrator's password.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1538?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1538?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1538 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1538 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1538 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server
- CVE-2008-0075 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-1999-1376 Buffer overflow in fpcount.exe in IIS 4.0 with FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- CVE-1999-0407 By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or
- CVE-1999-0874 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9cm9-h986-74j4.