Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-4360
CVE-2005-4360
Description
The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple requests to ".dll" followed by arguments such as "~0" through "~9", which causes ntdll.dll to produce a return value that is not correctly handled by IIS, as demonstrated using "/_vti_bin/.dll/*/~0". NOTE: the consequence was originally believed to be only a denial of service (application crash and reboot).
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18106nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/271nvdThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963nvdVendor Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.osvdb.org/21805nvdBroken Link
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