436 : Microsoft IIS Unicode Remote Command Execution
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8 months ago

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Disclosure

Oct 17, 2000

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Oct 17, 2000

Solution

Unknown

Description

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) contain a flaw that allows a remote attacker to access any file or folder on the Web Server with "anonymous" access. The issue is due to IIS failing to handle Unicode characters in URI requests. By replacing slashes and backslashes with their Unicode equivilent, an attacker can bypass the sanity checks present in IIS that would normally filter and deny such requests.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue.
However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	IIS	4.0
		5.0

References

Bugtraq ID: 1806
Generic Informational URL: http://www.securitybugware.org/NT/1422.html
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS00-078
CERT VU: 111677
CIAC Advisory: l-007
Generic Exploit URL: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=97194081906835&w=2
ISS X-Force ID: 5377
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0263.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0288.html
CVE ID: 2000-0884 (see also: NVD)
CERT: CA-2001-11

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