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CVE-2002-0073

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Description

The FTP service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 allows attackers who have established an FTP session to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted status request containing glob characters.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A35

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A24

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2002-0073

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4482

http://www.osvdb.org/3328

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412203

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8801.php

http://www.digitaloffense.net/msftpd/advisory.txt

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101901273810598&w=2

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0023.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-04-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.56391

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