CVE detail

CVE-2009-4445 — CVE-2009-4445

Published 2009-12-29 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor microsoft · Product internet_information_services · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
n/a
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.1276
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
96.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), when used in conjunction with unspecified third-party upload applications, allows remote attackers to create empty files with arbitrary extensions via a filename containing an initial extension followed by a : (colon) and a safe extension, as demonstrated by an upload of a .asp:.jpg file that results in creation of an empty .asp file, related to support for the NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS) filename syntax. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the third-party product, not IIS, because the third-party product should be applying its extension restrictions to the portion of the filename before the colon.

Remediation

No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.

References

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