CVE-2000-0097
mediumpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.359 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
35.9% (98th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The WebHits ISAPI filter in Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, aka the "Malformed Hit-Highlighting Argument" vulnerability.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-200USLLM-inferred
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-19731Microsoft Index Server 2.0 / Indexing Service (Windows 2000) - Directory Traversalfunctional · exploit_db
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2000-01-26modified 2026-06-16
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.osvdb.org/1210enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/950enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-006enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/1210nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/950nvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-006nvd
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