CVE-2009-3023 EXPLOIT
9.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 90.9% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 through 6.0 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NLST (NAME LIST) command that uses wildcards, leading to memory corruption, aka "IIS FTP Service RCE and DoS Vulnerability."
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 90.91% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-120 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-08-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet information server |
| microsoft | windows 2000 |
| microsoft | windows server 2003 |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 |
| microsoft | windows vista |
| microsoft | windows xp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft IIS FTP Server - NLST Response Overflow (MS09-053) (Metasploit) | 2010-11-12 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft IIS 5.0 FTP Server (Windows 2000 SP4) - Remote Stack Overflow | 2009-09-01 |
| exploit-db | Microsoft IIS 5.0/6.0 FTP Server (Windows 2000) - Remote Stack Overflow | 2009-08-31 |
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ975191
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9541
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9559
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/276653
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36189
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2481
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-053
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6080
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ975191
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9541
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9559
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/276653
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36189
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2481
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-053
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6080
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