Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2001-0241
Buffer overflow in Internet Printing ISAPI extension in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long print request that is passed to the extension through IIS 5.0.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.857 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.857 · newest: 0.857 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2674 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1068 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/3323 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6485 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-023 (vendor-advisory)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-10.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0241?
- CVE-2001-0241 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000. Published 2001-06-27.
- Is CVE-2001-0241 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.