CVE-2002-0079 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the chunked encoding transfer mechanism in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and 5.0 Active Server Pages allows attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 83.6% High

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.83622.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101846993304518&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8795.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/610291
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4485
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A25

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Information Server Internet Information Services

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:35:17.581Z

Reserved: 2002-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0079

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-04-22T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2002-0079

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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