IIS 4.0 and Apache log HTTP request methods, regardless of how long they are, allowing a remote attacker to hide the URL they really reques…

published 1999-01-01 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0448

cvss: 5.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 24.6%; EPSS 24.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

IIS 4.0 and Apache log HTTP request methods, regardless of how long they are, allowing a remote attacker to hide the URL they really request.

Timeline

1999-01-01 Published
1999-01-22 First public exploit (EDB-19149)

Exploit prediction

24.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-19149 Microsoft IIS 4 (Windows NT) - Log Avoidance remote, 1999-01-22

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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0448

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0448
NVD CVE-1999-0448

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Summary