CVE-2001-0476

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in s.cgi program in Aspseek search engine 1.03 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) a long HTTP query string, or (2) a long tmpl parameter.

Published: 2001-06-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0476 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.30%). Core evidence: 3 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-2001-0476

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20689 exploit_db edb 2001-03-19 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0476

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 5.18% 5.30% +0.12%
2 2025-03-29 5.30% 5.18% -0.12%
3 2025-03-17 5.30%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0476

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0476

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0476

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
swsoft aspseek <= 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:swsoft:aspseek:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
swsoft aspseek 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:swsoft:aspseek:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0476

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