CVE-2017-7269
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Windows Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header beginning with "If: <http://" in a PROPFIND request, as exploited in the wild in July or August 2016.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 100% (percentile: 100) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-120
Affected products
microsoft: internet information services; microsoft: windows server 2003
References
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3197835/description-of-the-security-up… Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3197835/description-of-the-security-up… Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/8162 Issue TrackingPatch
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/8162 Issue TrackingPatch
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/03/0patching-immortal-cve-2017-7269.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/danigargu/explodingcan Exploit
- https://medium.com/%40iraklis/number-of-internet-facing-vulnerable-iis-6-0-to-c… Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41738/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41992/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/03/0patching-immortal-cve-2017-7269.html ExploitThird Party Advisory