CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2002-1908
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl5.0
CVSS v2
Description
Microsoft IIS 5.0 and 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with a Host header that contains a large number of "/" (forward slash) characters.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
13.68%probability of exploitation in 30 days
96thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
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