CVE-2001-0507 (GCVE-0-2001-0507)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:21
VLAI
Summary
IIS 5.0 uses relative paths to find system files that will run in-process, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file, aka the "System file listing privilege elevation" vulnerability.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/205069 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/5607 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
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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