CVE-1999-0229 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service on Windows NT IIS servers by exploiting path traversal sequences in requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0229?
CVE-1999-0229 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Denial of service in Windows NT IIS server using ..\..
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0229?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0229?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0229 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-1999-0229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server
- CVE-2008-0075 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-1999-1376 Buffer overflow in fpcount.exe in IIS 4.0 with FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- CVE-1999-0407 By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or
- CVE-1999-0874 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-79m3-vm8c-387r.