Microsoft IIS 3.0/4.0/5.0 Administrative Script denial of service
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft IIS 3.0/4.0/5.0 (Web Server). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Administrative Script. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
An administrative script from IIS 3.0, later included in IIS 4.0 and 5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by accessing the script without a particular argument, aka the "Absent Directory Browser Argument" vulnerability.
The bug was discovered 07/14/2000. The weakness was released 07/14/2000 with Microsoft as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is available at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0631. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1156 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (4951). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 15770 and 15764.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Timeline
05/15/1997 🔍07/14/2000 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2000-0631 (🔍)
X-Force: 4951 - Microsoft IIS absent directory browser argument
Vulnerability Center: 7748 - [MS00-044] DoS in Microsoft IIS 3.0 - 5.0 via HTR Scripts, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1476 - Microsoft IIS 3.0 .htr Missing Variable Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1465 - MS00-044 - Microsoft IIS 3.0, Denial of Service via Missing Variable (Q267560)
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Entry
Created: 06/25/2014 15:31Updated: 05/31/2019 22:50
Changes: 06/25/2014 15:31 (65), 05/31/2019 22:50 (3)
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