Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.x and 6.x uses only the portion of a…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- 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.x and 6.x uses only the portion of a filename before a ; (semicolon) character to determine the file extension, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended extension restrictions of third-party upload applications via a filename with a (1) .asp, (2) .cer, or (3) .asa first extension, followed by a semicolon and a safe extension, as demonstrated by the use of asp.dll to handle a .asp;.jpg file.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4444
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4jh7-wh4m-f4pq
References
More Microsoft Internet Information Services vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2009-4444 · CVE Program
- CVE-2009-4444 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4jh7-wh4m-f4pq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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