Microsoft Windows 2000 telnet service allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long logon command that contains a backspace.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0348 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 42.56%, 97th 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.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20907 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-06-07 | 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 | 2026-03-13 | 54.31% | 42.56% | -11.75% |
| 2 | 2026-01-29 | 54.93% | 54.31% | -0.62% |
| 3 | 2026-01-08 | — | 54.93% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_2000 | — | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |