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CVE-2006-6578

N/A

Published: December 15, 2006 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorInternet Information Services

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 7%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Internet Information Services · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASONExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2036

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454268/100/0/threaded

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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