CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1538

2.1 LOW Published 1999-01-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-01-14
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet information server 4.0

References