CVE-2005-4360

Summary

CVECVE-2005-4360
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-20 01:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-252 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.1 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp - sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/21805 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Inge Henriksen's Technology Blog: Microsoft IIS Remote DoS .DLL Url exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ingehenriksen.blogspot.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-191A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft IIS Lets Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code With Malformed HTTP GET Requests - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Microsoft IIS Malformed URL Potential Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-041 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.1 DLL Request Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security bulletin] HPSBST02243 SSRT071446 rev.1 - Storage Management Appliance (SMA), Microsoft Patch Applicability MS07-036 to MS07-041 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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