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CVE-2008-4301in critical feed

A certain ActiveX control in iisext.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to set a password via a st…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
17.1%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
0
none known

A certain ActiveX control in iisext.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to set a password via a string argument to the SetPassword method. NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by a reliable third party. In addition, the original researcher is unreliable. Therefore the original disclosure is probably erroneous

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

17.06% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • attrition.org /pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_VIM, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/45587 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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