CVE-2008-4301
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 17.06% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet information services
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587Broken Link
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threadedExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587Broken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.