MS.IIS.WebDAV.Privilege.Elevation
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit an authentication-bypass vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows IIS server.
The vulnerability is caused by an error that occurs when the vulnerable
software handles a malicious Web DAV request. A remote attacker may exploit this to bypass the authentication via a crafted HTTP request.
Affected Products
Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
Impact
Security Bypass: Remote attackers can bypass security checking of vulnerable systems.
Recommended Actions
Refer to the Microsoft Security Advisory for the suggested workaround:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms09-020.mspx
Telemetry
Coverage
IPS (Regular DB) | |
IPS (Extended DB) |