CVE-2001-1186 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 34.7% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Microsoft IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an HTTP request with a content-length value that is larger than the size of the request, which prevents IIS from timing out the connection.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 34.67% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-12-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | internet information services |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft IIS 5.0 - False Content-Length Field Denial of Service | 2001-12-11 |
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244931
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245100
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7691.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244892
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3667
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244931
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/245100
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7691.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/244892
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3667
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