CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0333

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in IIS 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding .. (dot dot) and "\" characters twice.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of IIS that is not vulnerable to this issue and to implement appropriate security measures.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in IIS 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by encoding .. (dot dot) and "\" characters twice.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS