Description

IISv5 has a "Hit-highlighting" functionality that opens some site object and highlights some part of it, that has had a transversal vulnerability in the past. Now it can be used to bypass the IIS authentication.

Remediation

Protect the files from the NTFS filesystem instead of relying on the IIS protection.
Microsoft recommends not to use IISv5 and update to IISv6.

References

SecurityFocus BID 24105

Microsoft IIS5 NTLM and Basic authentication bypass

Related Vulnerabilities

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2007-2815 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Authentication Bypass Configuration Information Disclosure Missing Update