CVE-2009-3023

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 90.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-120

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."

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Information Server: from 5.0 through 6.0

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

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