{"id":"CVE-2000-0097","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0097","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:14.513Z","title":"The WebHits ISAPI filter in Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, aka the \"Malformed Hit-Highlighting Argument\" vulnerability.","description":"The WebHits ISAPI filter in Microsoft Index Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, aka the \"Malformed Hit-Highlighting Argument\" vulnerability.","published":"2000-01-26T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:51:00.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/index server"],"epss":{"score":0.35884,"percentile":0.98458,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2000-01-26","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19731,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Index Server 2.0 / Indexing Service (Windows 2000) - Directory Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19731","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/19731.c","file":"exploits/windows/remote/19731.c","published":"2000-01-26","added":"2000-01-26","updated":"2012-07-10","author":"fredrik.widlund","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0097","OSVDB-1210"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/950/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/1210","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/950","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-006","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/1210","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/950","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-006","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0097","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}