CVE-2009-1535
Description
The WebDAV extension in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass URI-based protection mechanisms, and list folders or read, create, or modify files, via a %c0%af (Unicode / character) at an arbitrary position in the URI, as demonstrated by inserting %c0%af into a "/protected/" initial pathname component to bypass the password protection on the protected\ folder, aka "IIS 5.1 and 6.0 WebDAV Authentication Bypass Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1122.
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.98115 (98.1% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.9%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6029 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- MS09-020 (docs.microsoft.com)vendor-advisory
- view.samurajdata.se/psview.php?id=023287d6&page=1
- isc.sans.org/diary.html?n&storyid=6397
- 20090515 IIS6 + webdav and unicode rides again in 2009 (archives.neohapsis.com)mailing-list
- 20090515 Re: IIS6 + webdav and unicode rides again in 2009 (archives.neohapsis.com)mailing-list
- blog.zoller.lu/2009/05/iis-6-webdac-auth-bypass-and-data.ht…
- TA09-160A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-05/att-…
- 20090515 Re: IIS6 + webdav and unicode rides again in 2009 (archives.neohapsis.com)mailing-list
- 20090616 IIS WebDav Vulnerability CVE ID (attrition.org)mailing-list
Timeline
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