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Critical · 9.8 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2017-7269 EUVD-2017-16299GHSA-fj79-76j8-9vjm

Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows …

Published Mar 27, 2017 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header beginning with "If: <http://" in a PROPFIND request, as exploited in the wild in July or August 2016.

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 2

GitHub 19 repositories · most starred shown

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Automated scanner template

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