Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server
CVE-2002-0072
The w3svc.dll ISAPI filter in Front Page Server Extensions and ASP.NET for Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1 does not properly handle the error condition when a long URL is provided, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the URL parser accesses a null pointer.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.635 (99.2th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.566 · newest: 0.635 · change: +0.069
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Information Server — versions 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services — versions 5.0
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4479 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521059 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8800.php (vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018 (vendor-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/3326 (vdb-entry)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml (vendor-advisory)