CVE-2001-0666 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated users can cause denial of service in Microsoft Exchange 2000 OWA by sending malformed requests for deeply nested folders.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0666?
CVE-2001-0666 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 9 Mar 2002. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Microsoft Exchange 2000 allows an authenticated user to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed OWA request for a deeply nested folder within the user's mailbox.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0666?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0666?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0666 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2001-0666 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0666 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-34473 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-26855 Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-67xj-xw4w-wp3q.