Intrusion PreventionMS.IIS.WebHits.Authentication.Bypass
Description
This indicates an attempt to exploit an authentication-bypass vulnerability in Microsoft IIS Web Server.
The vulnerability is in the "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll. By exploiting this vulnerability, remote attackers may be able to access private information from an IIS site.
Affected Products
Microsoft IIS 5.0, 5.1.
Impact
Information Disclosure: remote attackers can gain sensitive information from vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Upgrade to Microsoft IIS version 6.0 or later.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 15549 |
| Created | Apr 16, 2008 |
| Updated | Aug 29, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2007-2815 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 95.05% |
| Default Action | pass |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | IIS |