CVE-2000-0884 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

IIS 4.0 and 5.0 allows remote attackers to read documents outside of the web root, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via malformed URLs that contain UNICODE encoded characters, aka the "Web Server Folder Traversal" vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.827.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Internet Information Server Subscribe Internet Information Services Subscribe

Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.osvdb.org/436
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1806
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-078
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5377
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A44

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:31.540Z

Reserved: 2000-10-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0884

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-0884

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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