CVE-2008-4301
Microsoft Internet Information Services - Unauthenticated Password Setting via iisext.dll SetPassword Method
Title source: llmDescription
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
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_vim
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html
Broken Link vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587
Scores
EPSS
0.1692
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_information_services
Published
Sep 29, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026