Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server
CVE-2007-0087
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), when accessed through a TCP connection with a large window size, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network bandwidth consumption) via a Range header that specifies multiple copies of the same fragment. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by third parties, who state that the large window size required by the attack is not normally supported or configured by the server, or that a DDoS-style attack would accomplish the same goal
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.242 (97.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.242 · newest: 0.242 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455920/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455879/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455833/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455882/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- osvdb.org/33457 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2007-0087?
- CVE-2007-0087 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server. Published 2007-01-05.
- Is CVE-2007-0087 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.