Description
The vulnerability is caused by a tilde character "~" in a GET or OPTIONS request, which could allow remote attackers to disclose 8.3 filenames (short names). In 2010, Soroush Dalili and Ali Abbasnejad discovered the original bug (GET request). This was publicly disclosed in 2012. In 2014, Soroush Dalili discovered that newer IIS installations are vulnerable with OPTIONS.
Module options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/iis/shortname_scannermsf undefined(shortname_scanner) > show actions ...actions...msf undefined(shortname_scanner) > set ACTION < action-name >msf undefined(shortname_scanner) > show options ...show and set options...msf undefined(shortname_scanner) > runPrioritise with Active Threat Intelligence
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