CVE-1999-1397 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Index Server 2.0 on IIS 4.0 stores physical path information in the ContentIndex\Catalogs subkey of the AllowedPaths registry key, whose permissions allows local and remote users to obtain the physical paths of directories that are being indexed.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:index_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1378	Index Server 2.0 on IIS 4.0 stores physical path information in the ContentIndex\Catalogs subkey of the AllowedPaths registry key, whose permissions allows local and remote users to obtain the physical paths of directories that are being indexed.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01968.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92242671024118&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92223293409756&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7559.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/476

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Index Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.247Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1397

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-03-23T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1397

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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