Vulnerability CVE-2005-2678
Published: 2005-08-23   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Microsoft -> Internet information server 
Microsoft -> Internet information services 

 References:
http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/08/remote-iis-5x-and-iis-60-server-name.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112474727903399&w=2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1503
Copyright 2024, cxsecurity.com

 

Back to Top