Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4301 · published 29 September 2008

CVE-2008-4301: Microsoft internet information services vulnerability

Microsoft · Internet Information Services

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

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 17% · top 3.0%

10.0CVSS 2.0 base score

17%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 2 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Internet Information Services Microsoft

References

Link	Tags
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587	Broken Link
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587	Broken Link

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4301), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.