CVE-2000-0884
highpriority · attend · 62EPSS 0.633 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to read documents outside of the web root, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via malformed URLs that contain UNICODE encoded characters, aka the "Web Server Folder Traversal" vulnerability.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (9)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-189Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 and PWS - Extended Unicode Directory Traversal (6)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-190Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 and PWS - Extended Unicode Directory Traversal (9)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-191Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 and PWS - Extended Unicode Directory Traversal (7)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-192Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 and PWS - Extended Unicode Directory Traversal (8)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20298Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 and PWS - Extended Unicode Directory Traversal (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20299Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 and PWS - Extended Unicode Directory Traversal (2)functional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft internet information server= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft internet information services= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.osvdb.org/436enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1806enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-078enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5377enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A44enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/436nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1806nvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-078nvd
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