Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2009-2521

Severity
5.0MEDIUM
EPSS
60.8%
top 1.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 through 7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a list (ls) -R command containing a wildcard that references a subdirectory, followed by a .. (dot dot), aka "IIS FTP Service DoS Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-w8g4-h8cc-352m: Stack consumption vulnerability in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 52022-05-02
CVEList
CVE-2009-2521: Stack consumption vulnerability in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 52009-09-04
VulnCheck
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption2009

💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
Microsoft IIS 7.0 FTP Server - Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service (MS09-053) (Metasploit)2011-07-03
Exploit-DB
Microsoft IIS 5.0/6.0 FTP Server - Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service2009-09-04
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