CVE Catalog

CVE-2001-0500

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in ISAPI extension (idq.dll) in Index Server 2.0 and Indexing Service 2000 in IIS 6.0 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long argument to Internet Data Administration (.ida) and Internet Data Query (.idq) files.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code remotely, potentially leading to server takeover and data leakage.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to the latest version of IIS and implement appropriate security measures to mitigate the risk of buffer overflow.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in ISAPI extension (idq.dll) in Index Server 2.0 and Indexing Service 2000 in IIS 6.0 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long argument to Internet Data Administration (.ida) and Internet Data Query (.idq) files such as default.ida, as commonly exploited by Code Red.

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