CVE-1999-1538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

When IIS 2 or 3 is upgraded to IIS 4, ism.dll is inadvertently left in /scripts/iisadmin, which does not restrict access to the local machine and allows an unauthorized user to gain access to sensitive server information, including the Administrator's password.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: 50.3% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.50259.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91638375309890&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91632724913080&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/189

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Information Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.511Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1538

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-01-14T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1538

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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