CVE-2005-4360

Public Exploit

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).

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 76.04% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory uni-stuttgart.de Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory blogspot.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html vendor advisory third party advisory issue tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.html third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/21805 vdb entry broken link
http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.html vendor advisory exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/18106 vendor advisory third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-4360?
CVE-2005-4360 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-4360?
To fix CVE-2005-4360, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-4360 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-4360 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~76% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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