{"cve":"CVE-2008-4301","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-29T17:17:29.253","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:33.453","status":"Modified","description":"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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587","http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded"],"products":["microsoft:internet_information_services"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4301","score":0.17057,"percentile":0.97078,"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."]}