CVE-2000-0884 Path traversal in n/a
Remote attackers can read files outside the web root and potentially execute commands via malformed URLs in Microsoft IIS.
- 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-2000-0884?
CVE-2000-0884 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 22 Jan 2001. 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 allows remote attackers to read documents outside of the web root, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via malformed URLs that contain UNICODE encoded characters, aka the "Web Server Folder Traversal" vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0884?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0884?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0884 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-2000-0884 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2000-0884 exists.
Public exploit code: 9 Exploit-DB entries.
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-3gpv-hgg9-gfg5.