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Article: Code red worm exploits Windows NT flaw.
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- July 20, 2001
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Code Red worm exploits Windows NT flaw
By Sumner Lemon
IDG News Service, 07/20/01
A malicious worm, named Code Red, that exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in certain configurations of Microsoft's Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems has spread rapidly over the Internet, according to the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC). As many as 225,000 computers have been affected, the organization said.
Code Red exploits a buffer overflow in the Microsoft(r) Internet Information Server (IIS) Indexing Service DLL, CERT/CC said. The vulnerability is present in most versions of IIS 4.0 and IIS 5.0, it said.
According to an ...