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Microsoft Internet Information Services Privilege Escalation
Secunia Advisory:	SA28849	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-02-12
Popularity:	8,675 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Privilege escalation
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.x Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-0074

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of file change notifications in the "FTPRoot", "NNTPFile\Root", and "WWWRoot" folders. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Solution: Apply patches. Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=b24f34fb-40b9-4aa5-b5ac-e3f0a6062753 Windows XP Professional SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=73d24fcf-bea9-4b13-9f1c-4e068c53a4ae Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=103a6bc0-034a-443d-b1d4-81117820dcb2 Windows Server 2003 SP1 / SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=516ef8e8-3cb6-4660-b771-3c7f66917a11 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=e24fb33c-67b9-4ed4-9317-b5fd535d005a Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=5a4a6083-8c67-4403-8e20-7f2b82178124 Windows Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=8c7018ec-ae80-4a30-93fc-0f7386732514 Windows Vista x64 Edition: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=4de2fffc-5793-4acf-98ee-1b801e59ae39 Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Original Advisory: MS08-005 (KB942831): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-005.mspx Extended Solution: The "Extended Solution" section is available for Secunia customers only. Request a trial and get access to the Secunia Customer Area and Extended Secunia advisories.

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