CVE-2008-4300
A certain ActiveX control in adsiis.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a long string in the second argument to the GetObject method.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.6%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A certain ActiveX control in adsiis.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a long string in the second argument to the GetObject method. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so it might be incorrect.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.55% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet information services
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4325Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496696/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45584Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4325Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496696/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45584Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.