CVE-1999-1148 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft IIS 4.0 and earlier, where an attacker can exhaust server resources by initiating numerous simultaneous passive FTP connections. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, allowing remote attackers to disrupt service availability. Despite its age, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are also absent, suggesting a lack of current attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.