CVE-1999-0867
mediumpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.215 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
21.5% (98th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-23
Denial of service in IIS 4.0 via a flood of HTTP requests with malformed headers.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft commercial internet system= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:commercial_internet_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft commercial internet system= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:commercial_internet_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft internet information server= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 1999-08-11modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ238349enisa_euvd
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-058.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/579enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-029enisa_euvd
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ238349nvd
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-058.shtmlnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/579nvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-029nvd
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