National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2001-0241

Overview

Buffer overflow in Internet Printing ISAPI extension in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long print request that is passed to the extension through IIS 5.0.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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CERT/CC Advisory: CA-2001-10

Name: CA-2001-10

Hyperlink:http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-10.html

External Source: BID

Name: 2674

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2674

External Source: MS

Name: MS01-023

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms01-023.asp

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010501 Windows 2000 IIS 5.0 Remote buffer overflow vulnerability (Remote SYSTEM Level Access)

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=98874912915948&w=2

External Source: XF

Name: iis-isapi-printer-bo(6485)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/static/6485.php

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 3323

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/3323

US Government Resource: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1068

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1068

Type: Tool Signature

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1068