CVE-2001-0241
highpriority · act · 80EPSS 0.857 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (8)
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- EDB-16469Microsoft IIS 5.0 - Printer Host Header Overflow (MS01-023) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20815Microsoft IIS 5.0 - '.printer' ISAPI Extension Buffer Overflow (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20816Microsoft IIS 5.0 - '.printer' ISAPI Extension Buffer Overflow (2)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20817Microsoft IIS 5.0 - '.printer' ISAPI Extension Buffer Overflow (3)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20818Microsoft IIS 5.0 - '.printer' ISAPI Extension Buffer Overflow (4)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-266Microsoft Windows Server 2000 SP1/SP2 - isapi .printer Extension Overflow (1)functional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (14)
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- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98874912915948&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-10.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/3323enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2674enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-023enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6485enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1068enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98874912915948&w=2nvd
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