Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server
CVE-2005-2678
Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.418 (98.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.418 · newest: 0.418 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Information Server — versions 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services — versions 5.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/08/remote-iis-5x-and-iis-60-server-name.html
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1503 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/16548 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2678?
- CVE-2005-2678 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server. Published 2005-08-23.
- Is CVE-2005-2678 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.