Remote Server Name Spoofing Vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6

CVE-2005-2678

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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