Detections
Analytics

WebDAV Enabled

info Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1585

Synopsis

The remote web server is running with WebDAV enabled.

Description

The remote web server is running with WebDAV enabled. WebDAV is an industry standard extension to the HTTP specification that adds the capability for authorized users to remotely add and manage the content of a web server. If this extension is not used, it should be disabled.

Solution

See Microsoft KB article Q241520 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241520)

See Also

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/241520

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 1585

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 6/1/2015

Nessus ID: 11424