CVE-2009-3023
highpriority · attend · 78EPSS 0.909 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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."
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–9.3
weaknesses
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exploits (4)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-16740Microsoft IIS FTP Server - NLST Response Overflow (MS09-053) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-9541Microsoft IIS 5.0/6.0 FTP Server (Windows 2000) - Remote Stack Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-9559Microsoft IIS 5.0 FTP Server (Windows 2000 SP4) - Remote Stack Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (6)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft internet information server5.0 → 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (5)
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ975191enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9541enisa_euvd
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9559enisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/276653enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36189enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2481enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-053enisa_euvd
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