MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2001-1533

Isa Server vulnerability

CVSS
5.3
EPSS
18.0%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a flood of fragmented UDP packets. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, saying that it requires high bandwidth to exploit, and the server does not experience any instability. Therefore this "laws of physics" issue might not be included in CVE
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Isa Server
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Published
2001-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-1533

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Isa Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-1533.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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