CVE-2005-4360
The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple requests to ".dll" followed by arguments such as "~0" through "~9", which causes ntdll.dll…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 86.7%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple requests to ".dll" followed by arguments such as "~0" through "~9", which causes ntdll.dll to produce a return value that is not correctly handled by IIS, as demonstrated using "/_vti_bin/.dll/*/~0". NOTE: the consequence was originally believed to be only a denial of service (application crash and reboot).
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
- EPSS
- 86.73% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 December 2005
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-252
- Affected
- microsoft/internet information services
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 86.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18106Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/21805Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703Third Party Advisory
- http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.htmlIssue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18106Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/21805Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.