---
title: "CVE-2005-4360: The URL parser in Microsoft Internet… | CubePath"
description: "The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…"
language: en
source: https://cubepath.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4360
---

# CVE-2005-4360: The URL parser in Microsoft Internet… | CubePath

## Description

The URL parser in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 on Windows XP Professional SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple requests to ".dll" followed by arguments such as "\~0" through "\~9", which causes ntdll.dll to produce a return value that is not correctly handled by IIS, as demonstrated using "/\_vti\_bin/.dll/\*/\~0". NOTE: the consequence was originally believed to be only a denial of service (application crash and reboot).

Official description from the CVE record, published by mitre. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See [/security/cve/legal](https://cubepath.com/security/cve/legal) for the CVE license. [View the record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4360)

## Key data

### EPSS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST: an estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days.

Score

0.86729 (86.7% probability)

Percentile

99.7%

Scores of

Nov 10, 2026

Model

v2026.06.15

## References

Links listed in the CVE record. They lead to other sites, which CubePath does not control.

- [SSRT071446](http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html)  (archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de) vendor-advisory
- [20051216 Microsoft IIS Remote Denial of Service (DoS) .DLL Url exploit](http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419707/100/0/threaded)  (securityfocus.com) mailing-list
- [oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1703](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1703)  (oval.cisecurity.org) vdb-entry signature
- [271](http://securityreason.com/securityalert/271)  (securityreason.com) third-party-advisory
- [1015376](http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Dec/1015376.html)  (securitytracker.com) vdb-entry
- [21805](http://www.osvdb.org/21805)  (osvdb.org) vdb-entry
- [ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos…](http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2005/12/microsoft-iis-remote-dos-dll-url.html)
- [ADV-2005-2963](http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2963)  (vupen.com) vdb-entry
- [MS07-041](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-041)  (docs.microsoft.com) vendor-advisory
- [15921](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15921)  (securityfocus.com) vdb-entry
- [TA07-191A](http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html)  (us-cert.gov) third-party-advisory
- [18106](http://secunia.com/advisories/18106)  (secunia.com) third-party-advisory

## Timeline

1. ID reserved Dec 20, 2005
2. Record published Dec 20, 2005
3. Record last updated Aug 7, 2024

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