Description
The WebDAV Message Handler for Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU exhaustion, application crash) via a PROPFIND request with an XML message containing XML elements with a large number of attributes.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft IIS - WebDAV XML Denial of Service (MS04-030) EDB-585 · dos · Oct 20, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:4767 vdb-entry signature
- iis-webdav-xml-attribute-dos(17645) vdb-entry
- iis-ms04030-patch(17656) vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1330 vdb-entry signature
- MS04-030 vendor-advisory
- 20041012 Microsoft IIS 5.x/6.0 WebDAV (XML parser) attribute blowup DoS mailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1427 vdb-entry signature