UpHeron
All vulnerabilities

Servers and applications

CVE-2003-0718

The WebDAV Message Handler for Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0, 5.1, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU exhaustion, application crash) via a PROPFIND request with an XML message containing XML elements with a large number of attributes.

Severity
Medium 5.0
Published
3 Nov 2004
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Exploit chance
88% in the next 30 daysHigher than 99% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Microsoft IISServers and applications · cpe:a:microsoft:internet_information_services
  • Version 5.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0718
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0718