CVE-2005-4360
HIGHEPSS 100th pctlDescription
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).
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
References
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| CVE-2007-3798 | Critical | 9.8 | 70% | - | Fix |
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| CVE-2019-10902 | High | 7.5 | 4.7% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-20216 | High | 7.5 | 3.9% | - | Fix |
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Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2005-4360?
No published fix for CVE-2005-4360 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.
Is CVE-2005-4360 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2005-4360 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 86.7% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2005-4360?
CVE-2005-4360 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.8, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
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