CVE-2011-5279

N/A Unknown
Published: April 23, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
View on NVD

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the CGI implementation in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.x and 5.x on Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary uppercase environment variables via a \n (newline) character in an HTTP header.

AI Explanation

Get an AI-powered plain-language explanation of this vulnerability and remediation steps.

Login to generate AI explanation

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
8.5%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft