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Vulnerability Assessment Details

IIS Redirection Vulnerability (841373) (registry check)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for ms04-021 over the registry

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote web server.

Description :

The remote host has a version of IIS 4.0 which is vulnerable to a remote
flaw which may permit a possible hacker to take the control of the remote web server
and execute arbitrary commands on the remote host with the SYSTEM rights.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for IIS 4.0 :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-021.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 10706

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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