CVE-2000-0408

Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Malformed File Extension Denial of Service

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-05-11 CVE Published
2000-05-11 First Exploit
2000-06-14 CVE Reserved
2024-02-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1190	Vdb Entry
http://www.ussrback.com/labs40.html	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19907	2000-05-11

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/kb.asp?ID=260205	2018-10-30
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-030	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Information Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Server"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Server" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Information Services Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Services"				5.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Services" and version "5.0"		-		Affected