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CVE-1999-0681· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

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

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.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded

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Published
Mar 12, 2001
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
20.5% · 97th percentile
CWE
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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
6 / 30 · 20.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
microsoftfrontpage
microsoftpersonal web server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft frontpage97
  • microsoft frontpage98
  • microsoft personal web server1.0
  • microsoft personal web server1.1

Same product

microsoft: all records

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  • CVE-2000-0260Buffer overflow in the dvwssr.dll DLL in Microsoft Visual Interdev 1.0 allows users to cause a denial of service or execute commands, aka th
    34Monitor
  • CVE-1999-0012Some web servers under Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files with long file names.
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2000-0746Vulnerabilities in IIS 4.0 and 5.0 do not properly protect against cross-site scripting (CSS) attacks.
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2000-0413The shtml.exe program in the FrontPage extensions package of IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to determine the physical path of HTML,
    33Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrydos1999-08-08

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-582 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+9334 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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