CVE-1999-0278
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk99th percentile - higher than 99% of all known CVEs
Summary
In IIS, remote attackers can obtain source code for ASP files by appending '::$DATA' to the URL.
Risk Assessment
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information contained in ASP files, potentially leading to further attacks on the application.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update IIS to the latest version and implement appropriate security rules to block access to source files.
Other vulnerabilities in IIS
See all- CVE-2000-0226Medium
IIS 4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by requesting a large buffer in a POST or PUT command, leading to memory exhaustion.
- CVE-2000-0115Medium
IIS allows local users to cause a denial of service via invalid regular expressions in a Visual Basic script in an ASP page.
- CVE-2000-0071Medium
IIS 4.0 allows a remote attacker to obtain the real pathname of the document root by requesting non-existent files with .ida or .idq extensions.
- CVE-1999-1233High
IIS 4.0 does not properly restrict access for the initial session request from a user's IP address if the address does not resolve to a DNS domain. This is known as the 'Domain Resolution' vulnerability.
- CVE-1999-1223Medium
IIS 3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a request to an ASP page in which the URL contains a large number of / (forward slash) characters.
- CVE-2000-0024Medium
IIS does not properly canonicalize URLs, potentially allowing remote attackers to bypass access restrictions in third-party software via escape characters.
- CVE-1999-0867Medium
Vulnerability in IIS 4.0 allows a denial of service attack by flooding the server with HTTP requests containing malformed headers.
- CVE-1999-0874High
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.
- CVE-1999-0407High
By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or to identify valid users on the system.
- CVE-1999-0449High
The ExAir sample site in IIS 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a direct request to the (1) advsearch.asp, (2) query.asp, or (3) search.asp scripts.
Original NVD description (English source)
In IIS, remote attackers can obtain source code for ASP files by appending "::$DATA" to the URL.