CVE-2002-0073
The FTP service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 allows attackers who have established an FTP session to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted status request containing glob characters.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 59.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The FTP service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 allows attackers who have established an FTP session to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted status request containing glob characters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 59.71% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet information server · microsoft/internet information services
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 59.7% on 22 October 2026 to 59.7% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0023.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101901273810598&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
- http://www.digitaloffense.net/msftpd/advisory.txt
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8801.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412203US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/3328
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4482
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A24
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A35
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0023.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101901273810598&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml
- http://www.digitaloffense.net/msftpd/advisory.txt
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8801.php
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412203US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/3328
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4482
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A24
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A35
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.