Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2017-7269 is a critical remote code execution flaw in IIS 6.0 WebDAV on legacy Windows Server 2003 R2 systems. An unauthenticated attacker can potentially take control of an exposed server. CISA lists it as known exploited, and the CVE record says exploitation occurred in 2016. Exposure is most likely on internet-facing IIS 6.0 servers with WebDAV enabled, especially legacy Windows Server 2003 R2 deployments. The provided affected-product metadata is incomplete, so validate against actual IIS and WebDAV configuration rather than inventory labels alone. Treat as urgent for any legacy IIS estate. This is an old but known-exploited remote code execution issue on unsupported-era infrastructure, so remaining exposure signals both compromise risk and poor asset lifecycle control. Mitigation focus: Apply the relevant Microsoft security update where supported.; Disable WebDAV if it is not operationally required.; Remove or replace unsupported IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 systems..
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- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- Yes
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- 41992CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://medium.com/%40iraklis/number-of-internet-facing-vulnerable-iis-6-0-to-cve-2017-7269-8bd153ef5812CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/8162CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/danigargu/explodingcanCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- 41738CVE reference · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3197835/description-of-the-security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-serverCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/03/0patching-immortal-cve-2017-7269.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/edwardz246003/IIS_exploitCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-7269CVE reference · government-resource
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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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