CVE-2000-0408

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

IIS 4.05 and 5.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long, complex URL that appears to contain a large number of file extensions, aka the "Malformed Extension Data in URL" vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: May 11, 2000
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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