CVE-2000-0457

Summary

CVE-2000-0457 is a vulnerability affecting ISM.DLL in versions 4.0 and 5.0 of Internet Information Services (IIS). Attackers can exploit this issue by requesting a file and appending a large number of encoded spaces (%20) followed by a .htr extension. This allows the attacker to read the contents of the file, making it a significant security risk. This vulnerability is also known as the ".HTR File Fragment Reading" or "File Fragment Reading via .HTR" issue.

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