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TI-2006-06322 Aliases CVE-2006-6578GHSA-xm7g-hcv2-c226

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 permits the IUSR_Machine account to…

Priority MEDIUM 43Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07037 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6578
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xm7g-hcv2-c226

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2017-04947 Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2010-03770 Heap-based buffer overflow in the TELNET_STREAM_CONTEXT::OnSendData function in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-02725 The "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll in Microsoft Internet Information… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-01456 The WebDAV extension in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 and 6.0 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2009-01064 The WebDAV extension in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 on Windows 2000… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2005-04103 The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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