CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0012

7.0 HIGH Published 1998-02-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 1998-02-06
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-290

Description

Some web servers under Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files with long file names.

Affected configurations

• microsoft frontpage • microsoft internet information server 4.0 • microsoft personal web server 4.0 • netscape enterprise server 3.0 • netscape fasttrack server 2.01 • netscape fasttrack server 3.01

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-41 Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence weakness
CWE-58 Path Equivalence: Windows 8.3 Filename weakness

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0012 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0012 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com