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CVE-2005-2678

medium · 5

Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVER_NAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost.

5
CVSS
41.8%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
99th
EPSS percentile
2005-08-23
Published

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftinternet_information_server6.0
microsoftinternet_information_services5.0

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