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Private IP address Leaked using the PROPFIND method

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for private IP addresses in PROPFIND response

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote web server leaks a private IP address through the WebDAV interface. If this
web server is behind a Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall or proxy server, then
the internal IP addressing scheme has been leaked.

This is typical of IIS 5.0 installations that are not configured properly.

Detail: http://www.nextgenss.com/papers/iisrconfig.pdf

Solution: see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB%3BEN-US%3BQ218180&ID=KB%3BEN-US%3BQ218180
Network Security Threat Level: Low

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) Sword & Shield Enterprise Security, Inc., 2004

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