CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0334

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The FTP service in IIS 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a wildcard sequence that generates a long string when expanded.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt the FTP service, potentially leading to downtime of services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of IIS that is not vulnerable to this issue and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

FTP service in IIS 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a wildcard sequence that generates a long string when it is expanded.

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