SID 1:17653

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Rule Category

SERVER-IIS -- Snort has detected traffic exploiting vulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS Web Servers.

Alert Message

SERVER-IIS Microsoft Windows IIS source code disclosure attempt

Rule Explanation

Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost. Impact: CVSS base score 5.0 CVSS impact score 2.9 CVSS exploitability score 10.0 confidentialityImpact PARTIAL integrityImpact NONE availabilityImpact NONE Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.

Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

Rule Groups

No rule groups

CVE

CVE-2005-2678

Additional Links

secunia.com/advisories/16548

Rule Vulnerability

Server-Side Request Forgery

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attackers abuse functionality on the server to read or update internal resources. The attacker can supply or modify a URL for the server to read or submit data to. By carefully selecting the URLs, the attacker may be able to read server configuration such as AWS metadata, connect to internal services like http enabled databases or perform post requests for internal services which are not intended to be exposed.

CVE Additional Information

This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
CVE-2005-2678
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