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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Web Servers >> Check for dangerous IIS default files Vulnerability Assessment Details
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Check for dangerous IIS default files |
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Check for existence of viewcode.asp Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The file viewcode.asp is a default IIS files which can give a malicious user a lot of unnecessary information about your file system or source files. Specifically, viewcode.asp can permit a remote user to potentially read any file on a webserver hard drive. Example, http://target/pathto/viewcode.asp?source=../../../../../../autoexec.bat Solution : If you do not need these files, then delete them, otherwise use suitable access control lists to ensure that the files are not world-readable. Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 167 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: By John Lampe....j_lampe@bellsouth.net |
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