cvelist/2008/4xxx/CVE-2008-4301.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
        "ID": "CVE-2008-4301",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
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                                "version": {
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                                            "version_value": "n/a"
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    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "** DISPUTED **  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."
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    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "name": "20080924 Internet Information Service remote set password",
                "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
                "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded"
            },
            {
                "name": "20081002 Fwd: Internet Information Service remote set password",
                "refsource": "VIM",
                "url": "http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html"
            },
            {
                "name": "iis-iisext-weak-security(45587)",
                "refsource": "XF",
                "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587"
            }
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