CVE-2000-0304 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft IIS 4.0 and 5.0 when the IISADMPWD virtual directory is installed. A remote attacker can trigger this flaw by sending a malformed request to inetinfo.exe, leading to service disruption. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial denial of service. Its high FAUCET Risk Score of 96/100 indicates significant potential impact despite the medium CVSS. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or community discussion has been identified for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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