Check Point Advisories

Microsoft IIS Command Execution (CVE-2001-0500) - Ver2

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-0735
Date Published:	28 Jun 2018
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 05 August, 2018
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2001-0500
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Microsoft Internet Information Server 6.0 Beta Microsoft index_server 2.0 Microsoft Indexing_Service Windows_2000
Vulnerability Description	A command execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft IIS. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft IIS Command Execution (CVE-2001-0500) - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft IIS Command Execution (CVE-2001-0500) - Ver2