Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server
CVE-2000-0884
IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to read documents outside of the web root, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via malformed URLs that contain UNICODE encoded characters, aka the "Web Server Folder Traversal" vulnerability.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.633 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.721 · newest: 0.633 · change: -0.088
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Information Server — versions 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services — versions 5.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:44 (signature, vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-078 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5377 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1806 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/436 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2000-0884?
- CVE-2000-0884 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server. Published 2000-12-19.
- Is CVE-2000-0884 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.