Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 permits the IUSR_Machine account to execute non-EXE files such as .COM files, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via arguments to any .COM file that executes those arguments, as demonstrated using win.com when it is in a web directory with certain permissions.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-15T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:33:59.455Z

Reserved: 2006-12-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6578

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2006-12-15T19:28:00.000

Modified: 2020-12-08T17:35:10.500

Link: CVE-2006-6578

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