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NOTE: the consequence was originally believed to be only a denial of service (application crash and reboot).","published":"2005-12-20T01:03:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:18:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-252"],"affected":["microsoft/internet information services"],"epss":{"score":0.86729,"percentile":0.9974,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":2,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2005-12-19","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1377,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft IIS - HTTP Request Denial of Service (2)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1377","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/1377.pl","file":"exploits/windows/dos/1377.pl","published":"2005-12-19","added":"2005-12-18","updated":"2017-07-11","author":"kokanin","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2005-4360","OSVDB-21805"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null},{"edbId":1376,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft IIS - HTTP Request Denial of Service (1)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1376","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/1376.c","file":"exploits/windows/dos/1376.c","published":"2005-12-19","added":"2005-12-18","updated":"2017-07-11","author":"Kozan","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-21805","CVE-2005-4360"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18106","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/21805","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threaded","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.html","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18106","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/21805","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threaded","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4360","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}