CVE-2000-0778

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 87.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to obtain source code for .ASP files and other scripts via an HTTP GET request with a "Translate: f" header, aka the "Specialized Header" vulnerability.

Affected products

Microsoft IIS: 5.0

References

http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0008&L=ntbugtraq&F=&S=&P=5212
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1578
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=080D5336D882D211B56B0060080F2CD696A7C9%40beta.mia.cz
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-058
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A927
http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0008&L=ntbugtraq&F=&S=&P=5212
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1578
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=080D5336D882D211B56B0060080F2CD696A7C9%40beta.mia.cz
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-058
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A927

Get alerted when CVE-2000-0778 or the next vulnerability affects your stack