CVE-2001-0004 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can read source code of executable web server programs by appending a specific string to URLs, exposing sensitive implementation details.

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-2001-0004?

CVE-2001-0004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 18 Sep 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IIS 5.0 and 4.0 allows remote attackers to read the source code for executable web server programs by appending "%3F+.htr" to the requested URL, which causes the files to be parsed by the .HTR ISAPI extension, aka a variant of the "File Fragment Reading via .HTR" vulnerability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0004?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0004?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0004 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2001-0004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Microsoft Internet Information Server vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mr3v-pmm4-26v3.

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