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."
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.
Metasploit 1 module
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MS09-053 Microsoft IIS FTP Server NLST Response Overflow
exploit/windows/ftp/ms09_053_ftpd_nlst
Exploit-DB 3
- Microsoft IIS FTP Server - NLST Response Overflow (MS09-053) (Metasploit) EDB-16740 · remote · Nov 12, 2010 · verified
- Microsoft IIS 5.0 FTP Server (Windows 2000 SP4) - Remote Stack Overflow EDB-9559 · remote · Sep 1, 2009 · verified
- Microsoft IIS 5.0/6.0 FTP Server (Windows 2000) - Remote Stack Overflow EDB-9541 · remote · Aug 31, 2009 · verified
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References
- 975191 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6080 vdb-entry signature
- 36189 vdb-entry
- 9541 exploit
- TA09-286A third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-2481 vdb-entry
- MS09-053 vendor-advisory
- 9559 exploit
- VU#276653 third-party-advisory