CVE-2001-0241

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 85.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Internet Printing ISAPI extension in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long print request that is passed to the extension through IIS 5.0.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98874912915948&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-10.html
http://www.osvdb.org/3323
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2674
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-023
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6485
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1068
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98874912915948&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-10.html
http://www.osvdb.org/3323
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2674
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-023

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