Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Services
CVE-2002-1908
Microsoft IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a Host header that contains a large number of "/" (forward slash) characters.
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: 0.137 (96.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.137 · newest: 0.137 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Information Services — versions 5.0
References
- www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6C00C1F5QA.html (Patch)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10370.php (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5907 (Exploit, vdb-entry)