My concern was that this server had approx 45 days running time. All the
windows updates had been run. Believing this was patched as of April 24,
2003, I was left unaware this was open. I believed it should have been
included in the windows updates, but was wrong. The point is, how many admins
are believing their 2000/iis5.0 is safe when it is open for attack?
This patch can be installed on systems running Windows 2000 Service Pack 2
or Service Pack 3. (I have SP4 and install will not complete at that SP
level.)
I have reloaded, and regedited my system to disable WebDAV.
It appears this has been a problem with most web servers that offer WebDAV
usage, not just MS. But the word needs to get out to Admins. Recent attackes
have used this method for attack.
[quoted text, click to view] "Bernard Cheah [MVP]" wrote:
> They could come in via many channels.
> The safest thing is to rebuild the box, you never know if there's backdoor
> left open.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bernard Cheah
>
http://www.iis.net/ >
http://www.iis-resources.com/ >
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bernard/ >
>
> "Jheer" <Jheer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D5CC7112-F73D-4FB3-8ABA-D3DB22D6135A@microsoft.com...
> > 2007-04-20 01:59:43UTC 88.229.55.206 Hacked By Nið-DeLi
> > Defaced a page on just 1 of my sites. PUT /index.htm to plant the file
> > using
> > Microsoft+Data+Access+Internet+Publishing+Provider+DAV+1.1,
> > was the method. I have since repaired this per MS KB 241520. prob should
> > suggest others disable the same as defacements are rising. Not sure if
> > other
> > platforms accept the PUT request. In IIS it responds with a 400 error (bad
> > request) but WebDAV is still able to replace index.htm. out of all the
> > sites
> > on the server, 1 site was on root that was defaced, subs were not
> > affected.
> > Hope this helps someone else avoid a defacement.
>
>