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NOTE: the consequence was originally believed to be only a denial of service (application crash and reboot).","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.86729,"percentile":0.99744,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-252"],"published":"2005-12-20T01:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:39Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-1376","title":"Microsoft IIS - HTTP Request Denial of Service (1)","type":"dos","platform":"windows","date":"2005-12-19","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1376"},{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-1377","title":"Microsoft IIS - HTTP Request Denial of Service (2)","type":"dos","platform":"windows","date":"2005-12-19","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1377"}],"products":[{"vendor":"microsoft","product":"internet_information_services"}],"references":[{"url":"http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_HP","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threaded","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SREASON","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.html","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/21805","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred","Broken Link"]},{"url":"http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MS","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_CERT","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/18106","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4360"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5jvw-5r9c-59q7"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2005-4360","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).","status":"published","published":"2005-12-20T01:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T23:46:04.119Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:39.259087Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2005-4355","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).","status":"published","published":"2005-12-20T01:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T23:46:04Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:15:22.811795Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-5jvw-5r9c-59q7","title":"The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional...","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).","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T02:26:34Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:08:22Z","cwes":["CWE-252"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:47:49.655134Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2005-4360","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).","status":"published","published":"2005-12-20T01:03:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:18:39.44Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-252"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:00:58.826417Z"}]}}