CVE-2006-1364

Published: Mar 23, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-400

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Microsoft w3wp (aka w3wp.exe) does not properly handle when the AspCompat directive is not used when referencing COM components in ASP.NET, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or crash) by repeatedly requesting each of several documents that refer to COM components, or are restricted documents located under the ASP.NET application path.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

microsoft

commercial·US

asp.netOn-prem

Operating Systems / windows

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Exploitability

3 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://hackingspirits.com/vuln-rnd/w3wp-remote-dos.zip

hackingspirits.com

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044291.html

lists.grok.org.uk

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044292.html

lists.grok.org.uk

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