CVE-2002-1718

Internet Information Services vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

14.2%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.1 may allow remote attackers to view the contents of a Frontpage Server Extension (FPSE) file, as claimed using an HTTP request for colegal.htm that contains .. (dot dot) sequences.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Internet Information Services

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information

Published

2002-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 14.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2002-1718

Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Information Services is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2002-1718.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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