Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-4300 (CCN-45584)

Assigned:2008-09-24
Published:2008-09-24
Updated:2020-11-23
Summary:A certain ActiveX control in adsiis.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a long string in the second argument to the GetObject method.
Note: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so it might be incorrect.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
4.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:UR)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Sep 24 2008 - 07:44:04 CDT
Internet Information Service (adsiis.dll) activex remote DOS

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-4300

Source: SREASON
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
4325

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft IIS Web site
The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 49730
Microsoft IIS ActiveX (adsiis.dll) GetObject Method Remote DoS

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
20080924 Internet Information Service (adsiis.dll) activex remote DOS

Source: XF
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
iis-adsiis-activex-dos(45584)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
iis-adsiis-activex-dos(45584)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_information_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    microsoft internet information services -
    microsoft internet information server *