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CVE-2008-0074

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0074 describes an unspecified privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) versions 5.0 through 7.0. This local vulnerability allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges through unknown vectors related to file change notifications in specific IIS root folders. With a CVSS score of 7.2, it presents a high severity risk, indicating complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts if exploited. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:6.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0525 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-005
secunia.com / advisories/28849
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5389
securityfocus.com / bid/27101
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-043C.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0507/references