BlackIce Defender 2.1 and earlier, and BlackIce Pro 2.0.23 and earlier, do not properly block Back Orifice traffic when the security setting is Nervous or lower.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0562 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.28%). 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 0.47% | 1.28% | +0.81% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.70% | 0.47% | -0.24% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.70% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| iss | blackice_agent | <= 2.0.23 | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| iss | blackice_defender | <= 2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:iss:blackice_defender:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0190.html | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |