CVE-2009-3023

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
79.3%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 31, 2009 (6100 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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."

CWE

CWE-120

Affected Products

microsoft internet information server

References

🔗 support.microsoft.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.exploit-db.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com