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CVE-2005-2678

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published8/23/2005
Last Modified4/16/2026
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Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

microsoft:internet_information_servermicrosoft:internet_information_services

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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