CVE-1999-0278

Exp

In IIS, remote attackers can obtain source code for ASP files by appending "::$DATA" to the URL.

Published: 1998-06-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0278 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 76.39%, 99th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0278

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19118 exploit_db edb 1998-01-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0278

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 75.10% 76.39% +1.29%
2 2026-03-01 76.39% 75.10% -1.29%
3 2026-02-04 — 76.39% —

Full EPSS history (29 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0278

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0278

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0278

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0278: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0278

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_information_server 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_information_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0278

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