CVE-2001-0333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in IIS 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding .. (dot dot) and "\" characters twice.

Published: 2001-09-18

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 90.8% High

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.9077.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98992056521300&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-12.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2708
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-026
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6534
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1018
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1051
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A37
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A78

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Information Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-18T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:14:07.389Z

Reserved: 2001-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0333

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-06-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:54:07.060

Link: CVE-2001-0333

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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