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Vulnerability record · CVE-2011-5279 · published 23 April 2014

CVE-2011-5279: Microsoft internet information services vulnerability

Microsoft · Internet Information Services

CRLF injection vulnerability in the CGI implementation in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.x and 5.x on Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary uppercase environment variables via a \n (newline) character in an HTTP header.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 19% · top 2.8%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
19%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 10 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the CGI implementation in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.x and 5.x on Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary uppercase environment variables via a \n (newline) character in an HTTP header.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2011-5279), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.