CVE-2000-0770 Path traversal in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass file access restrictions in Microsoft IIS to read protected files due to improper permission canonicalization.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0770?
CVE-2000-0770 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 13 Oct 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IIS 4.0 and 5.0 does not properly restrict access to certain types of files when their parent folders have less restrictive permissions, which could allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions to some files, aka the "File Permission Canonicalization" vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0770?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0770?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2000-0770 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0770 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server
- CVE-2008-0075 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-1999-1376 Buffer overflow in fpcount.exe in IIS 4.0 with FrontPage Server Extensions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
- CVE-1999-0407 By default, IIS 4.0 has a virtual directory /IISADMPWD which contains files that can be used as proxies for brute force password attacks, or
- CVE-1999-0874 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2009-3023 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8wcg-8pwm-v3gc.