CVE-2005-4360: microsoft internet_information_services Unchecked Return Value

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4360 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Unchecked Return Value vulnerability in microsoft internet_information_services. EPSS estimates a 86.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-12-2005
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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).

• CWE-252Unchecked Return ValueThe product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.