CVE-2002-0079
highpriority · attend · 67EPSS 0.780 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Buffer overflow in the chunked encoding transfer mechanism in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 Active Server Pages allows attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (4)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-21368Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-21369Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (2)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-21370Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (3)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-21371Microsoft IIS 4.0/5.0 - Chunked Encoding Transfer Heap Overflow (4)functional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft internet information server= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- microsoft internet information services= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101846993304518&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8795.phpenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/610291enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4485enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16enisa_euvd
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