CVE-2001-0333 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.8447.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Internet Information Server Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98992056521300&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-12.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2708
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-026
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6534
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1018
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1051
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A37
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A78

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-18T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:14:07.389Z

Reserved: 2001-05-10T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0333

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-06-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0333

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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