CVE-2007-2897 Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server instability or device hang),
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2897?
CVE-2007-2897 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 30 May 2007.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server instability or device hang), and possibly obtain sensitive information (device communication traffic); and might allow attackers with physical access to execute arbitrary code after connecting a data stream to a device COM port; via requests for a URI containing a '/' immediately before and after the name of a DOS device, as demonstrated by the /AUX/.aspx URI, which bypasses a blacklist for DOS device requests.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2897?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2897?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2897 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-2897 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2897 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server
- CVE-2008-0075 Code injection in n/a
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- 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-235j-w393-fq4f.