CVE-2001-0241

Exp

Buffer overflow in Internet Printing ISAPI extension in Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via a long print request that is passed to the extension through IIS 5.0.

Published: 2001-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0241 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 85.78%, 99th percentile). 8 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0241

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16469 exploit_db edb 2010-04-30 Exploit-DB ↗
20817 exploit_db edb 2005-02-02 Exploit-DB ↗
268 exploit_db edb 2001-05-08 Exploit-DB ↗
266 exploit_db edb 2001-05-07 Exploit-DB ↗
20818 exploit_db edb 2001-05-01 Exploit-DB ↗
20816 exploit_db edb 2001-05-01 Exploit-DB ↗
20815 exploit_db edb 2001-05-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0241

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-28 88.82% 85.78% -3.04%
2 2025-12-27 85.78% 88.82% +3.04%
3 2025-10-28 — 85.78% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0241

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0241

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0241

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0241

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