CVE-2000-0258
HIGHInternet Information Server 4.0 and 5.0 - Denial of Service via Escaped Character Flood
Title source: llmDescription
IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending many URLs with a large number of escaped characters, aka the "Myriad Escaped Characters" Vulnerability.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1101
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-023
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.1847
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/internet_information_server
4.0
microsoft/internet_information_services
5.0
Published
Apr 12, 2000
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026