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.
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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: 0.967 (99.9th percentile), scored .
Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.967 · newest: 0.967 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-033 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/191873 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2880 (vdb-entry)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-098.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/6705.php (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:197 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-13.html (US Government Resource, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, 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.