{"cve":"CVE-2005-4360","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-20T01:03:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:39.440","status":"Modified","description":"The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple requests to \".dll\" followed by arguments such as \"~0\" through \"~9\", which causes ntdll.dll to produce a return value that is not correctly handled by IIS, as demonstrated using \"/_vti_bin/.dll/*/~0\".  NOTE: the consequence was originally believed to be only a denial of service (application crash and reboot).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-252"],"references":["http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html","http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/18106","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271","http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.html"],"products":["microsoft:internet_information_services"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-4360","score":0.86729,"percentile":0.99742,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}