CVE-2002-0073 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated FTP users can crash the IIS FTP service by sending a specially crafted status request containing glob characters.
- 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-2002-0073?
CVE-2002-0073 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server, published on 2 Apr 2003. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The FTP service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 allows attackers who have established an FTP session to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted status request containing glob characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0073?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Internet Information Server, Microsoft Internet Information Services.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0073?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-0073 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-2002-0073 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0073 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2008-0075 Code injection in n/a
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- 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-fhmg-928x-jg98.