PT-2002-2439 · Microsoft · Internet Information Server

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2020-12-09 · CVE-2002-1717

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) version 5.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to view path information via a GET request to specific API endpoints, including "/ vti pvt/access.cnf", "/ vti pvt/botinfs.cnf", "/ vti pvt/bots.cnf", or "/ vti pvt/linkinfo.cnf".

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) version 5.1, consider restricting access to the vulnerable API endpoints "/ vti pvt/access.cnf", "/ vti pvt/botinfs.cnf", "/ vti pvt/bots.cnf", and "/ vti pvt/linkinfo.cnf" to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1717

Affected Products

Internet Information Server

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1717 · Security Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/256125 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8174 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/6830 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1717 · Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255555 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4078 · Note