Microsoft IIS 5.0 Index Server privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft IIS 5.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Index Server. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2000-0951. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft IIS 5.0 (Web Server). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Index Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

A misconfiguration in IIS 5.0 with Index Server enabled and the Index property set allows remote attackers to list directories in the web root via a Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) search.

The issue has been introduced in 02/17/2000. The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2000 by David Litchfield with @stake (Website). The advisory is available at atstake.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0951. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 231 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10526 (Microsoft IIS WebDAV SEARCH Method Arbitrary Directory Forced Listing), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10915 (Microsoft IIS Indexed Directory Disclosure Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1070.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5335), Exploit-DB (20269), Tenable (10526), SecurityFocus (BID 1756†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-279†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 10526
Nessus Name: Microsoft IIS WebDAV SEARCH Method Arbitrary Directory Forced Listing
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1070
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP WebDAV search access
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02/17/2000 🔍
10/04/2000 +230 days 🔍
10/05/2000 +1 days 🔍
12/19/2000 +75 days 🔍
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12/04/2002 +715 days 🔍
07/01/2014 +4227 days 🔍
10/12/2025 +4121 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: atstake.com
Researcher: David Litchfield
Organization: @stake
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0951 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0951
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16162
X-Force: 5335 - Microsoft IIS Index Server directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 1756 - Microsoft IIS 5.0 Indexed Directory Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 279 - IIS 5.0 with Index Server Directory Disclosure via WebDav Search, Low

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 00:31
Updated: 10/12/2025 05:07
Changes: 07/02/2014 00:31 (79), 05/27/2025 09:43 (27), 10/12/2025 05:07 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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