Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server
CVE-2000-0408
IIS 4.05 and 5.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long, complex URL that appears to contain a large number of file extensions, aka the "Malformed Extension Data in URL" vulnerability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.580 (99.1th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.580 · newest: 0.580 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Information Server — versions 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services — versions 5.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1190 (vdb-entry)
- www.microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-030 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ussrback.com/labs40.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2000-0408?
- CVE-2000-0408 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server. Published 2000-05-11.
- Is CVE-2000-0408 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.