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CVE-2002-1908

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a Host header that contains a large number of "/" (forward slash) characters.

Affected products

• Microsoft IIS: 5.0

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10370.php
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6C00C1F5QA.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5907
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10370.php
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6C00C1F5QA.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5907

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