HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2000-0970

Internet Information Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
43.5%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
IIS 4.0 and 5.0 .ASP pages send the same Session ID cookie for secure and insecure web sessions, which could allow remote attackers to hijack the secure web session of the user if that user moves to an insecure session, aka the "Session ID Cookie Marking" vulnerability.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Information Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2000-12-19

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, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 43.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-0970

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Information Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-0970.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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