275 : Microsoft IIS newdsn.exe Arbitrary File Creation
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
14	965	over 9 years ago	over 4 years ago	0 times	65%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
1997-08-27	1997-08-27

Description

Microsoft IIS contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to create arbitrary files or a denial of service on a remote server. The issue is due to the "newdsn.exe" CGI application not sanitizing arguments provided. If an attacker is able to create a file on the system, it can be leveraged for additional privileges.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Remove newdsn.exe from the /scripts/tools web directory. This is normally mapped to C:InetPubScriptsTools but may be found in a different location depending on your installation.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	IIS	2.0
		3.0

References

ISS X-Force ID: 1530
Bugtraq ID: 1818
CVE ID: 1999-0191 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_3/0456.html

Tools & Filters

Nikto	1481
Snort	1024
	10360

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.4
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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