Network Associates PGP Keyserver 7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via exceptional BER encodings (possibly buffer overflows), as demonstrated by the PROTOS LDAPv3 test suite.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1320 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 66.69%, 98th 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.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16823 | exploit_db | edb | 2010-11-14 | 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 | 2025-03-30 | 68.28% | 66.69% | -1.59% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 66.69% | 68.28% | +1.59% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 66.69% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 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] |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/l-116.shtml | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-18.html | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
| http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c06/ldapv3/ | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/765256 | US Government Resource |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JPLA-4WESNK | US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3046 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6900 |