Inadvertent Exposure of Sensitive Server Information in IIS 4 Upgrade

CVE-1999-1538 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

When IIS 2 or 3 is upgraded to IIS 4, ism.dll is inadvertently left in /scripts/iisadmin, which does not restrict access to the local machine and allows an unauthorized user to gain access to sensitive server information, including the Administrator's password.

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