Is CVE-2008-4301 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-4301 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-4301?

CVE-2008-4301 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-4301

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 17.1%EU EUVD

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

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 17.1% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-4284)
Published: September 29, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4284 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

microsoft / internet information services

References

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2008-October/002081.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496694/100/0/threaded(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45587(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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