CVE-2000-0437

Exp

Buffer overflow in the CyberPatrol daemon "cyberdaemon" used in gauntlet and WebShield allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2000-05-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0437 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.24%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0437

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19949 exploit_db edb 2000-05-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0437

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 2025-03-30 19.32% 7.24% -12.08%
2 2025-03-29 7.24% 19.32% +12.08%
3 2025-03-17 7.24%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0437

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-2000-0437

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0437

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
network_associates gauntlet_firewall 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates gauntlet_firewall 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates gauntlet_firewall 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates gauntlet_firewall 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:gauntlet_firewall:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates webshield 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:webshield:4.0:*:solaris:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates webshield_e-ppliance 100.0 cpe:2.3:h:network_associates:webshield_e-ppliance:100.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates webshield_e-ppliance 300.0 cpe:2.3:h:network_associates:webshield_e-ppliance:300.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0437

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