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CVE-1999-0012

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-290

Description

Some web servers under Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files with long file names.

Affected products

• Microsoft Frontpage: all versions
• Microsoft Internet Information Server: 4.0
• Microsoft Personal Web Server: 4.0
• Netscape Enterprise Server: 3.0
• Netscape Fasttrack Server: 2.01, 3.01

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0012
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0012

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