# CVE-2008-4301: Other in n/a

> A disputed vulnerability in an IIS ActiveX control allegedly allowed remote password setting, but the issue is considered erroneous and unreproducible.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Sep 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6x8c-j743-7x28

## What is CVE-2008-4301?

CVE-2008-4301 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services, published on 29 Sep 2008. It can be exploited over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A certain ActiveX control in iisext.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to set a password via a string argument to the SetPassword method.  NOTE: this issue could not be reproduced by a reliable third party.  In addition, the original researcher is unreliable.  Therefore the original disclosure is probably erroneous

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4301?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Internet Information Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-4301?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-4301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Services

- [CVE-2017-7269](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7269/): Microsoft Windows Server Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-3972](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3972/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-2815](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2815/): The "hit-highlighting" functionality in webhits.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Server 5.0 only uses Windows NT ACL (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0224/): Buffer overflow in ssinc.dll for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a web pa (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-1999-0233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0233/): IIS 1.0 allows users to execute arbitrary commands using .bat or .cmd files. (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-4301 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services, published on 29 Sep 2008. It can be exploited over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Internet Information Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4301

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