CVE-2001-0028

Exp

Buffer overflow in the HTML parsing code in oops WWW proxy server 1.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of " (quotation) characters.

Published: 2001-02-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0028 is rated High Exploit Risk (84/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.14%, 93th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0028

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20495 exploit_db edb 2000-12-11 Exploit-DB ↗
20496 exploit_db edb 2000-12-07 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0028

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 10.80% 7.14% -3.67%
2 2026-01-07 6.93% 10.80% +3.87%
3 2025-04-27 — 6.93% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0028

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-2001-0028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0028

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
igor_khasilev oops_proxy_server 1.4.22 cpe:2.3:a:igor_khasilev:oops_proxy_server:1.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0028

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