Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet…
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
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
| 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
- 2021-11-03 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7269
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fj79-76j8-9vjm
References
Exploit 5
Patch 2
More Microsoft Internet Information Services vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2017-7269 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7269 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fj79-76j8-9vjm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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