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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-23T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:45:02.127Z

Reserved: 2005-08-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2678

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-23T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2020-11-23T19:49:27.407

Link: CVE-2005-2678

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