CVE-2007-2815
highpriority · attend · 76EPSS 0.734 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server 5.0 only uses Windows NT ACL configuration, which allows remote attackers to bypass NTLM and basic authentication mechanisms and access private web directories via the CiWebhitsfile parameter to null.htw.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-4016Microsoft IIS 5.1 - Hit Highlighting Authentication Bypassfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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- microsoft internet information services= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://osvdb.org/41091enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2725enisa_euvd
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328832enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469238/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24105enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/41091nvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2725nvd
- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328832nvd
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