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CVE-2017-7269

Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows…

Critical9.8Known exploitedPublic exploitEPSS 99.8%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header beginning with "If: <http://" in a PROPFIND request, as exploited in the wild in July or August 2016.

Exploited in the wild

CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.

Added
3 Nov 2021
Fix due (US federal)
3 May 2022
Used by ransomware
Not known

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Public exploit

2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By mitre

  2. · 1 day later

    Published

  3. · 5 years later

    Added to CISA KEV

    Known exploited in the wild

  4. · 4 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-7269, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
CISA-ADPADP (enrichment)3.1Critical9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Critical9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
99.8% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

Affected products

  • n/a

    • affected n/a

References (11)

Sources

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