CVE-2001-0245 — Microsoft Index Server 2.0 in Windows NT 4.0, and Indexing Service in Windows 2000, allows remote attackers to read server-side include files via a malformed search request, aka a new variant of the "Malformed Hit-Highlighting" vulnerability

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Microsoft Index Server 2.0 in Windows NT 4.0, and Indexing Service in Windows 2000, allows remote attackers to read server-side include files via a malformed search request, aka a new variant of the "Malformed Hit-Highlighting" vulnerability

Published Sep 18, 2001

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 14.35%

Description

Microsoft Index Server 2.0 in Windows NT 4.0, and Indexing Service in Windows 2000, allows remote attackers to read server-side include files via a malformed search request, aka a new variant of the "Malformed Hit-Highlighting" vulnerability.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

14.35% 0.14349

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.14349

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	14.35% (0.14349)	96.51th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	14.35% (0.14349)	96.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 10, 2025	37.35% (0.37350)	96.87th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	31.86% (0.31858)	96.42th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	25.00% (0.25004)	93.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	31.86% (0.31858)	96.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	27.79% (0.27791)	96.04th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	92.20% (0.92201)	99.09th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 23, 2024	92.20% (0.92201)	98.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 19, 2023	91.35% (0.91348)	98.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	27.61% (0.27607)	96.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	9.77% (0.09772)	94.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	9.77% (0.09772)	93.82th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	9.77% (0.09772)	87.25th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-025
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6518
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-025		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6518		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 18, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 19, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0245

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0245

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0245