# CVE-2009-2521: Stack consumption vulnerability in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 through 7.0 allows remote authentica

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2009-09-04 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 through 7.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a list (ls) -R command containing a wildcard that references a subdirectory, followed by a .. (dot dot), aka "IIS FTP Service DoS Vulnerability."

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## References

- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6508
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ975191
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-286A.html
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-053
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-09/0040.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9587
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17476
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/ftp/iis_list_exhaustion.rb

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