CVE-2000-0167

Summary

CVE-2000-0167 is a vulnerability affecting Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) software. The issue lies with the Inetinfo.exe process, which allows local users to trigger a denial of service (DoS) attack. By creating a mail file with an excessively long name and a .txt.eml extension in the pickup directory, users can cause the server to become unresponsive and halt its operations. This vulnerability can potentially lead to significant downtime and disruption of services in affected IIS installations.

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