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CVE-2000-0631

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2000-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

An administrative script from IIS 3.0, later included in IIS 4.0 and 5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by accessing the script without a particular argument, aka the "Absent Directory Browser Argument" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Information Server: 3.0, 4.0
• Microsoft IIS: 5.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96390444022878&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1476
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-044
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4951
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96390444022878&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1476
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-044
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4951

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