Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long HTTP request.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0649 is rated High Exploit Risk (68/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.12%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20844 | exploit_db | edb | 2001-05-10 | 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 | 4.01% | 5.12% | +1.10% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 5.29% | 4.01% | -1.27% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 5.29% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | personal_web_sharing | 1.5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:personal_web_sharing:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184548 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6536 |