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CVE-2000-0097

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0097 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the WebHits ISAPI filter of Microsoft Index Server, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, posing a risk of information disclosure. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for directory traversal in Index Server 2.0 (Windows 2000) is available on ExploitDB, indicating public knowledge of exploitation methods. Despite its age and the availability of exploit code, there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:index_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
35.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19731 · Jan 26, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3588 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-006
osvdb.org / 1210
securityfocus.com / bid/950