CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 13.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2008-4300
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
13.55%
Microsoft
Original NVD Description
A certain ActiveX control in adsiis.dll in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a long string in the second argument to the GetObject method. NOTE: this issue was disclosed by an unreliable researcher, so it might be incorrect.