CVE-2005-2678

high

Description

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1503

http://secunia.com/advisories/16548

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112474727903399&w=2

http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/08/remote-iis-5x-and-iis-60-server-name.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.41839