Vulnerability Details CVE-2005-2678
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.554
EPSS Ranking 97.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
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://secunia.com/advisories/16548
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1503
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/16548
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1503
Products affected by CVE-2005-2678
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:6.0
-
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0