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.
Published 2005-08-23 04:00:00
Updated 2020-11-23 19:49:27
Source MITRE
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Products affected by CVE-2005-2678

Threat overview for CVE-2005-2678

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2005-2678
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2005-2678 108,798
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2678

2.48%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 90 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2005-2678

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
NIST
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