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CVE-2001-0245

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-06-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Index Server 2.0 in Windows NT 4.0, and Indexing Service in Windows 2000, allows remote attackers to read server-side include files via a malformed search request, aka a new variant of the "Malformed Hit-Highlighting" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Index Server: 2.0
• Microsoft Indexing Service: all versions

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-025
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6518
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-025
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6518

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