Vulnerability Report

CVE-2000-0024

Title: IIS escape-character parsing can bypass access restrictions

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2000-0024.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 21, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

12.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2000-0024: IIS does not properly canonicalize URLs, potentially allowing remote attackers to bypass access restrictions in third-party software via escape characters, aka the "Escape Character Parsing" vulnerability.

Impacted Vendors

mambo 1

microsoft 3

Reference Links

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ246401 http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-1999-11-10-1-PUB.txt https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-061 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ246401 http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-1999-11-10-1-PUB.txt https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-061

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2000-0024 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 21, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.