PT-2008-5562 · Microsoft · Internet Information Services

Published 2008-09-29 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2008-4301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) (affected versions not specified)

Description: A certain ActiveX control in iisext.dll allows remote attackers to set a password via a string argument to the SetPassword method. However, this issue could not be reproduced by a reliable third party, and the original researcher is considered unreliable, making the original disclosure probably erroneous.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4301

Affected Products

Internet Information Services

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4301 · Security Note
• http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/6043 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89599 · Telegram Post