CVE-2000-0886
IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed request for an executable file whose name is appended with operating system commands, aka the "Web Server File Request Parsing" vulnerability.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 68.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed request for an executable file whose name is appended with operating system commands, aka the "Web Server File Request Parsing" vulnerability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 68.74% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 November 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet information server · microsoft/internet information services
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 68.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1912
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?mid=143604&list=1&fromthread=0&end=2000-11-11&threads=0&start=2000-11-05&Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-086
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5470
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A191
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1912
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?mid=143604&list=1&fromthread=0&end=2000-11-11&threads=0&start=2000-11-05&Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-086
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5470
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A191
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.