CVE-1999-0874
highpriority · attend · 76EPSS 0.747 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
6 exploits · functional
Likely / severe?
74.7% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 10 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Buffer overflow in IIS 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed request for files with .HTR, .IDC, or .STM extensions.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
10.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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exploits (6)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-16468Microsoft IIS 4.0 - '.htr' Path Overflow (MS02-018) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-19245Microsoft IIS 4.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-19246Microsoft IIS 4.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow (2)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-19247Microsoft IIS 4.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow (3)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-19248Microsoft IIS 4.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow (4)functional · exploit_db
- exploit/windows/iis/ms02_018_htrMS02-018 Microsoft IIS 4.0 .HTR Path Overflowfunctional · metasploit
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft internet information server= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
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published 1999-06-16modified 2026-06-16
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ234905enisa_euvd
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-048.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD06081999.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-019enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A915enisa_euvd
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ234905nvd
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-048.shtmlnvd
- http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD06081999.htmlnvd
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