CVE-2003-0226

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 43.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-05-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long WebDAV request with a (1) PROPFIND or (2) SEARCH method, which generates an error condition that is not properly handled.

Affected products

Microsoft IIS: 5.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0308.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105427362724860&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105421243732552&w=2
http://www.spidynamics.com/iis_alert.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-018
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A933
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0308.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105427362724860&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105421243732552&w=2
http://www.spidynamics.com/iis_alert.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-018
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A933

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