CVE-1999-0681

Exp

Buffer overflow in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (PWS) 3.0.2.926 on Windows 95, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long URL.

Published: 2001-03-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0681 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.46%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.11% 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-1999-0681

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19445 exploit_db edb 1999-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0681

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 2026-06-15 12.35% 20.46% +8.11%
2 2026-02-26 11.04% 12.35% +1.31%
3 2025-07-30 — 11.04% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0681

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:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0681

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0681

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft frontpage 97 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft frontpage 98 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft personal_web_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:personal_web_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft personal_web_server 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:personal_web_server:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0681

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