CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-6578
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-12-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 permits the IUSR_Machine account to execute non-EXE files such as .COM files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via arguments to any .COM file that executes those arguments, as demonstrated using win.com when it is in a web directory with certain permissions.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet information services 5.1
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2036 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454268/100/0/threaded Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2036 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454268/100/0/threaded Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry