CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0886

7.5 HIGH Published 2000-12-19 Modified 2026-09-23 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2000-12-19
Last modified: 2026-09-23
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed request for an executable file whose name is appended with operating system commands, aka the "Web Server File Request Parsing" vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet information server 4.0 • microsoft internet information services 5.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1912 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?mid=143604&list=1&fromthread=0&end=2000-11-11&threads=0&start=2000-11-05& Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-086 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5470 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A191 oval.cisecurity.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1912 www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?mid=143604&list=1&fromthread=0&end=2000-11-11&threads=0&start=2000-11-05& Vendor Advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-086 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5470 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A191 oval.cisecurity.org