CVE-1999-0407

High CVSS 10

Published 1999-02-09 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0407, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or to identify valid users on the system.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0407

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C