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Test ID: | 10576 |
Category: | Web Servers |
Title: | Check for dangerous IIS default files |
Summary: | The file viewcode.asp is a default IIS files which can give a; malicious user a lot of unnecessary information about your file system or source files.;; Specifically, viewcode.asp can allow a remote user to potentially read any file on a webserver; hard drive.;; Example: http://example.com/pathto/viewcode.asp?source=../../../../../../autoexec.bat |
Description: | Summary: The file viewcode.asp is a default IIS files which can give a malicious user a lot of unnecessary information about your file system or source files. Specifically, viewcode.asp can allow a remote user to potentially read any file on a webserver hard drive. Example: http://example.com/pathto/viewcode.asp?source=../../../../../../autoexec.bat Solution: If you do not need these files, then delete them, otherwise use suitable access control lists to ensure that the files are not world-readable. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0737 Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS99-013 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-013 Microsoft Knowledge Base article: Q231656 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2000 John Lampe....j_lampe@bellsouth.net |
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