CVE-2001-0544 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 5.0, where a local user can cause the server to hang by installing content with a specific invalid MIME Content-Type header that corrupts the File Type table. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and while it has received some community discussion, it is not on the KEV or Hot List.
| 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:N/I:N/A:P
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