CVE-1999-1148

Summary

CVE-1999-1148 is a vulnerability affecting the FTP service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0 and earlier. Malicious actors can exploit this issue by overwhelming the server with multiple passive connections simultaneously. This denial of service attack consumes the server's resources, leading to a service outage. With passive connections, the attacker does not initiate the data transfer, making it more difficult to detect and protect against.

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