CVE-2000-0428

Buffer overflow in the SMTP gateway for InterScan Virus Wall 3.32 and earlier allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a long filename for a uuencoded attachment.

Published: 2000-05-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0428 is rated High Risk (71.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.21%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0428

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 2026-06-15 2.00% 3.21% +1.21%
2 2026-03-13 2.70% 2.00% -0.69%
3 2025-11-05 2.70%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0428

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-2000-0428

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0428

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trend_micro interscan_viruswall 3.32 cpe:2.3:a:trend_micro:interscan_viruswall:3.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0428

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