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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This CVE is actively exploited in the wild. CISA mandates federal agencies to patch immediately.

CVE

CVE-2017-7269

9.8

CVSScritical

Exploitable remotely over the internet · no authentication required.

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.

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req.

None

User Interaction

None

Updated Oct 12, 2026View on NVD →

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