CVE-2000-0858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in IIS by sending it a series of malformed requests which cause INETINFO.EXE to fail, aka the "Invalid URL" vulnerability.

Published: 2001-01-22

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 20.4% Moderate

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt: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 Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20398.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vendor/2000-q3/0065.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/80413
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1642
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5202

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Information Server Windows Nt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:31.900Z

Reserved: 2000-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0858

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2000-0858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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