CVE-2000-0413

Frontpage vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

41.8%

EPSS pct

99th

Exploited

No known

The shtml.exe program in the FrontPage extensions package of IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to determine the physical path of HTML, HTM, ASP, and SHTML files by requesting a file that does not exist, which generates an error message that reveals the path.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Frontpage

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2000-05-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 41.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

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