Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4301
CVE-2008-4301
Description
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
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threadednvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587nvdBroken Link
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