5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2011-5279
IIS CRLF Injection Vulnerability
Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the CGI implementation in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.x and 5.x on Windows NT and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary uppercase environment variables via a \n (newline) character in an HTTP header.

INFO

Published Date :

April 23, 2014, 8:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 23, 2020, 7:47 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-5279 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft internet_information_services
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-5279.

URL Resource
http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-5279 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-5279 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Evaluator Description CWE-93: Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e Broken Link http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0 Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13 Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108 Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128 Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247 Third Party Advisory http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:iis:5.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:iis:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:iis:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:iis:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/247 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/108 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e No Types Assigned http://hi.baidu.com/yuange1975/item/b2cc7141c22108e91e19bc2e Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/128 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/13 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Apr/0 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-5279 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-5279 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.80 }} -0.33%

score

0.81617

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability