CVE-2008-4300

A certain ActiveX control in adsiis.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a long string in the second argument to the GetObject method. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so it might be incorrect.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4325	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45584	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496696/100/0/threaded	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2008-09-29 10:17

Updated : 2020-11-23 12:00

NVD link : CVE-2008-4300

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4300

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Products Affected

microsoft

internet_information_services

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