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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2002-1717

Medium
5/10

Summary

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.1 allows remote attackers to view path information via a GET request to (1) /_vti_pvt/access.cnf, (2) /_vti_pvt/botinfs.cnf, (3) /_vti_pvt/bots.cnf, or (4) /_vti_pvt/linkinfo.cnf.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published