CVE-2001-1186 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 5.0, where remote attackers can disrupt service by sending an HTTP request with an oversized content-length value, preventing the server from terminating the connection. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) requires no authentication and has a low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. While not observed in active exploitation or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, and its FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 indicates a high potential risk despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.