CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0507

7.2 HIGH Published 2001-09-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-09-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

IIS 5.0 uses relative paths to find system files that will run in-process, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file, aka the "System file listing privilege elevation" vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet information services 5.0

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References