Free information architecture driver

This update eliminates three new vulnerabilities:

• A vulnerability that could enable a malicious user to run operating system commands on an affected server.
• A vulnerability that could allow a malicious user to enter a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) command, which can cause IIS 5.0 to fail. FTP is the protocol used for copying files to and from remote computer systems on a network.
• A vulnerability that can enable a malicious user to access a guest account using the FTP service.

The Internet Printing ISAPI (Internet Services Application Programming Interface) extension for Windows 2000 has an unchecked buffer (a temporary data storage area that has a limited capacity) in the code that processes users print requests. A specifically malformed request from a malicious user can cause the buffer to overflow. Doing so grants the malicious user Local System privileges, allowing him to take complete control of the Web server. This update eliminates the vulnerability by ensuring that the ISAPI extension checks input correctly.

Note Although the affected component is not part of Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, the vulnerability is present only when IIS 5.0 is running.