CVE-2008-4301

N/A Unknown
Published: September 29, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
26.4%
96th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft