CVE-2006-6579

Medium

Description

Microsoft Windows XP has weak permissions (FILE_WRITE_DATA and FILE_READ_DATA for Everyone) for %WINDIR%\pchealth\ERRORREP\QHEADLES, which allows local users to write and read files in this folder, as demonstrated by an ASP shell that has write access by IWAM_machine and read access by IUSR_Machine.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability72. percentile1.4%
ProductMicrosoft Internet Information Server
PublishedDec 15, 2006
First seenDec 15, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft internet_information_serverv ≤ 5.0, 3.0, 4.0—
microsoft internet_information_services1.0, 2.0—

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