IIS 6.0 vulnerability

[WolfShade]

Hello, all,

Just a heads-up.  US-CERT (US Computer Emergency Readiness Team) has announced that there is a vulnerability in IIS 6.0.  Excerpt below.

National Cyber Awareness System:

Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Vulnerability

03/30/2017 05:48 PM EDT

Original release date: March 30, 2017

US-CERT is aware of active exploitation of a vulnerability in Windows Server 2003 Operating System Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to take control of an affected system.

On June 15, 2015, Microsoft ended support for Windows Server 2003 Operating System, which includes its Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 web server. Computers running Windows Server 2003 Operating System and its associated programs will continue to work even after support ends. However, using unsupported software may increase the risks of viruses and other security threats.

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the National Vulnerability Database entry on this vulnerability, as well as US-CERT Alert TA14-310A.

Message was edited by: WolfShade

Corrected proper name of US-CERT.

[haxtbh]

It pains me to think that people are still using these outdated OS's especially governments. 

[WolfShade]

There are countries around the world that are technologically behind countries like the US, Canada, The UK, etc.  Years behind.  Although in the world population the number of servers running Server 2k3 and IIS 6.0 are few.  Still, it's worth getting the word out.

V/r,

^_^