CVE-2000-0858 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and its Internet Information Server (IIS). Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending a series of malformed requests, causing the INETINFO.EXE process to crash. This vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity to achieve partial availability impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code or significant community discussion, its EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average likelihood of exploitation compared to many other CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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