CVE-1999-1478: Microsoft Internet Information Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 18.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Sun HotSpot Performance Engine VM allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service on any server running HotSpot via a URL that includes the [ character.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Information Server: version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only

Published 1999-07-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.