CVE-2017-7269

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.82% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2017-03-27 01:55Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-26

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

577f0c114b0d6afc7851db3d196b5275847ff394f2dcc040dc4a485e82f401ed

• www.exploit-db.com41992https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41992/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com97127http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97127vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• medium.comhttps://medium.com/%40iraklis/number-of-internet-facing-vulnerable-iis-6-0-to-cve-2017-7269-8bd153ef5812x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/8162x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/danigargu/explodingcanx_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1038168http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038168vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com41738https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41738/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• support.microsoft.comhttps://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3197835/description-of-the-security-update-for-windows-xp-and-windows-serverx_refsource_CONFIRM
• 0patch.blogspot.comhttps://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/03/0patching-immortal-cve-2017-7269.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/edwardz246003/IIS_exploitx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-7269government-resource