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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-1999-0154 json

IIS 2.0 and 3.0 allows remote attackers to read the source code for ASP pages by appending a . (dot) to the end of the URL.

published 1999-12-31 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0154

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
40.0%
EPSS 40.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

IIS 2.0 and 3.0 allows remote attackers to read the source code for ASP pages by appending a . (dot) to the end of the URL.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20481)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

40.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20481 Microsoft IIS 2.0/3.0 - Appended Dot Script Source Disclosure remote, 1997-02-20

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.