General Information

IIS Short File Name Disclosure

Variants:
Direct 

Vector Type:
Attack

Relevance:
Technology Version Specific

Layer:
Web-Infrastructure-Level

Platforms:
IIS

Target Type:
Web Application

Affected Mechanisms:
Hardening

Invented In:
01/08/2010

Added In:
25/12/2014


Vector Operation Method:
A feature in IIS could be abused to easily enumerate file names using the tilde operator.


Direct Variant:

IIS Short File Name Enumeration

Also Known As:
IIS Short File Name Disclosure

Typical Severity:
Major

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