VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4301
CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability17.06%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-09-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link