CVE-2008-4301 in the critical feed json
A certain ActiveX control in iisext.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to set a password via a st…
published 2008-09-29 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4284
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 17.1%
- EPSS 17.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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
Exploit prediction
17.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded
mailing-list, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
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attrition.org
/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/45587
vdb-entry, broken-link
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-4301
- NVD CVE-2008-4301
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