CVE•Published 2000-12-19•Modified 2026-09-23•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2000-0886Microsoft · Internet_information_server
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
99
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 1% of all CVEs
Description
IIS 5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed request for an executable file whose name is appended with operating system commands, aka the "Web Server File Request Parsing" vulnerability.
Timeline
Published 2000-12-19
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag12,574 hosts
vuln:CVE-2000-0886Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Internet Information Server" version:"4.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Internet Information Server"HTTP body or banner mentions "Internet Information Server" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2000-0886Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2000-0886Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2000-0886Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2000-0886GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2000-0886" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.