CVE-2001-0506 (GCVE-0-2001-0506)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:21
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in ssinc.dll in IIS 5.0 and 4.0 allows local users to gain system privileges via a Server-Side Includes (SSI) directive for a long filename, which triggers the overflow when the directory name is added, aka the "SSI privilege elevation" vulnerability.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/242541 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99802093532233&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3190 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-132.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
Date Public
2001-08-15 00:00
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