01 Record
CVE-2000-0457
ISM.DLL in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to read file contents by requesting the file and appending a large number of encoded spaces (%20) and terminated with a .htr extension, aka the ".HTR
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
ISM.DLL in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to read file contents by requesting the file and appending a large number of encoded spaces (%20) and terminated with a .htr extension, aka the ".HTR
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 52.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 05:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2000-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 08e333178e46836b89faf62938d0cb543ab40e52a412dd835c367a92f21d6be8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20000511 Alert: IIS ism.dll exposes file contentshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95810120719608&w=2
- docs.microsoft.comMS00-031https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-031
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comiis-ism-file-access(4448)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4448
- www.securityfocus.com1193http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1193