CVE-1999-0407

critical Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
29.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: February 9, 1999 (9956 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet information server

References

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