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Friday, July 20, 2001
http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/07/20/010720hnwormup.xml 'Code Red' worm exploits Windows NT flaw By Sumner Lemon 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 Internet Information Server (IIS) Indexing Service DLL (Dynamic Link Library), CERT/CC said. The vulnerability is present in most versions of IIS 4.0 and IIS 5.0, it said....
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