CVE-2001-0506

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
77.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: September 20, 2001 (9002 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in ssinc.dll in IIS 5.0 and 4.0 allows local users to gain system privileges via a Server-Side Includes (SSI) directive for a long filename, which triggers the overflow when the directory name is added, aka the "SSI privilege elevation" vulnerability.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet information servermicrosoft internet information services

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 online.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.ciac.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com