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medium 5.0

CVE-1999-0681 json

Buffer overflow in Microsoft FrontPage Server Extensions (PWS) 3.0.2.926 on Windows 95, and possibly other versions, allows remote attacker…

published 2001-03-12 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0663

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.5%
EPSS 20.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19445)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

20.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19445 Microsoft FrontPage Personal Web Server 1.0 - PWS Denial of Service dos, 1999-08-08
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1999-q3/0381.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/568 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

References

Sources

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