CVE-2009-3023 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the FTP Service of Microsoft IIS versions 5.0 through 6.0, impacting Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, and Server 2008. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted NLST command with wildcards, leading to memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.0, it is a high-severity vulnerability, easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates the existence of multiple public exploit modules, including a Metasploit module and several ExploitDB entries, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.0, <= 6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.