01 Record
CVE-2009-4444
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.x and 6.x uses only the portion of a filename before a ; (semicolon) character to determine the file extension, which allows remote attackers to bypass
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.x and 6.x uses only the portion of a filename before a ; (semicolon) character to determine the file extension, which allows remote attackers to bypass
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 63.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-29 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7fa6494a0e2a717ad75d9bfb4e8b2f3443b4138fec2baaaff61336a8d50afb1a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com37460http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37460
- securitytracker.com1023387http://securitytracker.com/id?1023387
- blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2009/12/27/new-reports-of-a-vulnerability-in-iis.aspx
- secunia.com37831http://secunia.com/advisories/37831
- soroush.secproject.comhttp://soroush.secproject.com/downloadable/iis-semicolon-report.pdf
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3634http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3634