CVE-2001-0333

Microsoft IIS 3.0/4.0/5.0 - PWS Escaped Characters Decoding Command Execution

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-05-10 CVE Reserved
2001-05-15 First Exploit
2001-06-27 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98992056521300&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-12.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2708	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6534	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1018	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1051	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A37	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A78	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20835	2001-05-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20837	2001-05-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20836	2001-05-16
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20838	2001-05-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20839	2001-05-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20840	2001-05-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20841	2001-05-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20842	2001-05-15
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16467	2011-01-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-026	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Information Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Server"				<= 5.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Server" and version " <= 5.0"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Information Server Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Server"				4.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Information Server" and version "4.0"		-		Affected