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CVE-2009-3023

Published: Aug 31, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-120
9.0CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
90.9%
Top 0.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Buffer overflow in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NLST (NAME LIST) command that uses wildcards, leading to memory corruption, aka "IIS FTP Service RCE and DoS Vulnerability."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected Products

Microsoft Corp
commercial·USaka microsoft, microsoft corporation
Microsoft Internet Information ServicesOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
ICP DAS Co. Ltd.
commercial
XP-8741-AtomEmbedded
ICS / OT / IoT / plc-scada-hmi
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ975191
support.microsoft.com
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9541
exploit-db.com
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9559
exploit-db.com
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