Vulnerability in Microsoft Indexing Service
CVE-2001-0500
Buffer overflow in ISAPI extension (idq.dll) in Index Server 2.0 and Indexing Service 2000 in IIS 6.0 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long argument to Internet Data Administration (.ida) and Internet Data Query (.idq) files such as default.ida, as commonly exploited by Code Red.
EPSS: 0.967 (99.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Indexing_service
- Microsoft Index_server — versions 2.0
- Microsoft Internet_information_server
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (government-resource, x_refsource_CIAC, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2001-0500?
- CVE-2001-0500 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Indexing Service. Published 2001-07-21.
- Is CVE-2001-0500 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.