Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-1999-1538 First vendor Publication 1999-01-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-20

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

When IIS 2 or 3 is upgraded to IIS 4, ism.dll is inadvertently left in /scripts/iisadmin, which does not restrict access to the local machine and allows an unauthorized user to gain access to sensitive server information, including the Administrator's password.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-1538

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
273 Microsoft IIS Upgrade ism.dll Local Privilege Escalation

When Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 is upgraded from version 2.0 or 3.0 the ism.dll file is left in the /scripts/iisadmin directory. This script discloses sensitive information via a specially crafted URL which could lead to elevated privileges. An attacker could use this to gain access to the administrator's password.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 ism.dll access
RuleID : 995-community - Revision : 26 - Type : SERVER-IIS
2014-01-10 ism.dll access
RuleID : 995 - Revision : 26 - Type : SERVER-IIS
2014-01-10 iisadmin access
RuleID : 993-community - Revision : 22 - Type : SERVER-IIS
2014-01-10 iisadmin access
RuleID : 993 - Revision : 22 - Type : SERVER-IIS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2000-04-01 Name : The remote web server is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.
File : iisadmin.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91638375309890&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91632724913080&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/189
Source Url

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