CVE-2001-0507 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 5.0. It allows local users to gain elevated privileges by exploiting IIS's use of relative paths for in-process system files, enabling the execution of a Trojan horse. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.