CVE-1999-0861: microsoft commercial_internet_system Race Condition

Vulnerability summary

CVE-1999-0861 is a low (CVSS 2.6) Race Condition vulnerability in microsoft commercial_internet_system. EPSS estimates a 3.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 04-01-2000
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 01-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in the SSL ISAPI filter in IIS and other servers may leak information in plaintext.

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.