Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services
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. 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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.171 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.171 · newest: 0.171 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-4301?
- CVE-2008-4301 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services. Published 2008-09-29.
- Is CVE-2008-4301 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.