Unscored severity · published Sep 29, 2008
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
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CVSS
17.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)17.1% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
II
Internet Information Services · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4301
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4301
Third Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded
Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587
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