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TI-2017-04947 Aliases CVE-2017-7269GHSA-fj79-76j8-9vjm

Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet…

Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2021-11-03CISA due date 2022-05-03
EPSS 0.99823 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 5 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

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

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*r2Running onMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions r2 Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2021-11-03 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7269
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fj79-76j8-9vjm

References

  • 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
  • TI-2002-00075 Buffer overflow in the chunked encoding transfer mechanism in Internet Information Server… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources