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CVE-2000-0258

CVE detail

CVE-2000-0258

IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending many URLs with a large number of escaped characters, aka the "Myriad Escaped Characters" Vulnerability.

CVSS 7.5 · HighBuzz score 4.01 OTX pulses

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 4.0

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Buzz score components · mention 0.0 · diversity 0.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 4.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

0.0

0 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

0.0

0 sources across 0 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

4.0

1 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

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Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Apr 12, 2000

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Unchanged. Impacts remain within the vulnerable security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): None. There is no direct impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · no KEV · 1 OTX pulses

OTXOTX
- author_name: Disable_Duck
- created: 2025-01-31T02:24:06.979000+00:00
- description: https://cve.mitre.org/data/refs/refmap/source-MS.html Notes This reference map lists the various references for MS and provides the associated CVE entries or candidates. It uses data from CVE version 20061101 and candidates that were active as of 2024-06-25. Note that the list of references may not be complete.
- name: CVE -CVE Reference Map for Source MS - Curios RE active candidates CVE version 20061101
- pulse_id: 679c3446de4f362fac9217f9
- tags:
- url: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/679c3446de4f362fac9217f9
Observed Jan 31, 2025, 2:24 AM