CVE-1999-0867 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft IIS 4.0, Microsoft Commercial Internet System, and Microsoft Site Server. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a flood of HTTP requests containing malformed headers, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential partial availability impact. While not in the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, but there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:commercial_internet_system:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:commercial_internet_system:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:site_server:3.0:unknown:commerce:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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