CVE - CVE-2008-4301

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4301	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
DISPUTED 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
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BUGTRAQ:20080924 Internet Information Service remote set password URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded VIM:20081002 Fwd: Internet Information Service remote set password URL:http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html XF:iis-iisext-weak-security(45587) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080929	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080929)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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