CVE-2008-4301

Critical

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

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Internet Information Services
PublishedSep 29, 2008
First seenSep 29, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
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CVE-2008-4301 · Microsoft Internet Information Services · Dark Radar