{
  "id": "CVE-2017-7269",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2017-7269",
  "published": "2017-03-27T02:59:00.453Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T01:23:58.520Z",
  "score": 9.8,
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.99823,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99959,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03",
    "due": "2022-05-03",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Microsoft Windows Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7269"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "microsoft"
  ],
  "products": [
    "microsoft internet information services"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-120"
  ],
  "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 9.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97127",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038168",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/03/0patching-immortal-cve-2017-7269.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/danigargu/explodingcan",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/edwardz246003/IIS_exploit",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/8162",
      "tags": [
        "Issue Tracking",
        "Patch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://medium.com/%40iraklis/number-of-internet-facing-vulnerable-iis-6-0-to-cve-2017-7269-8bd153ef5812",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3197835/description-of-the-security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-server",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41738/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41992/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-7269",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7269",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}