The Mechanisms and Effects of the Code Red Worm

This paper addresses the vulnerability that was present in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server software and the worm, Code Red, which exploited this vulnerability. It describes the mechanisms of three different versions of Code Red, as well as the patches and methods for...

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Renee Schauer

September 12, 2001

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