CVE-2000-0631

Medium CVSS 5

Published 2000-07-14 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0631, 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

An administrative script from IIS 3.0, later included in IIS 4.0 and 5.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by accessing the script without a particular argument, aka the "Absent Directory Browser Argument" vulnerability.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0631

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