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TI-2001-00243 Aliases CVE-2001-0245GHSA-4m5w-43cx-p687

Microsoft Index Server 2.0 in Windows NT 4.0, and Indexing Service in Windows 2000…

Priority LOW 38Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.14349 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:index_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:indexing_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:index_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:indexing_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0245
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4m5w-43cx-p687

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2001-00492 Buffer overflow in ISAPI extension (idq.dll) in Index Server 2.0 and Indexing Service… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00961 The Remote Data Service (RDS) DataFactory component of Microsoft Data Access Components… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2000-00302 Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to view the source code of ASP files by… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2001-00942 SQLQHit.asp sample file in Microsoft Index Server 2.0 allows remote attackers to obtain… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2000-00098 Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to determine the real path for a web… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2000-00097 The WebHits ISAPI filter in Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to read… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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