CVE-2001-0500 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via a buffer overflow in the IIS Index Server ISAPI extension, requiring immediate patching.
- 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-2001-0500?
CVE-2001-0500 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in ISAPI extension (idq.dll) in Index Server 2.0 and Indexing Service 2000 in IIS 6.0 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long argument to Internet Data Administration (.ida) and Internet Data Query (.idq) files such as default.ida, as commonly exploited by Code Red.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0500?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Index Server, Microsoft Indexing Service, Microsoft Internet Information Server.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0500?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0500 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2001-0500 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0500 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 5 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Server
- CVE-1999-1397 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2001-0244 Buffer overflow in Microsoft Index Server 2.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long search parameter.
- CVE-2001-0986 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2001-0245 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2000-0302 Information disclosure in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gcxg-pq25-8wh2.