7.2high

CVE-2001-0506in critical feed1 exploit

Buffer overflow in ssinc.dll in IIS 5.0 and 4.0 allows local users to gain system privileges via a Server-Side Includes (SSI) directive for…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
68.9%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in ssinc.dll in IIS 5.0 and 4.0 allows local users to gain system privileges via a Server-Side Includes (SSI) directive for a long filename, which triggers the overflow when the directory name is added, aka the "SSI privilege elevation" vulnerability.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

68.93% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21071 Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - SSI Buffer Overrun Privilege Escalation · local · 2001-08-15

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • online.securityfocus.com /archive/1/242541 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=99802093532233&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/3190 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/6984 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • ciac.org /ciac/bulletins/l-132.shtml · third-party-advisory, government-resource, x_refsource_CIAC, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-044 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred

Sources

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