CVE-2000-0457

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

ISM.DLL in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to read file contents by requesting the file and appending a large number of encoded spaces (%20) and terminated with a .htr extension, aka the ".HTR File Fragment Reading" or "File Fragment Reading via .HTR" vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2000-0457: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix