CVE-2001-1463

Exp

The remote administration client for RhinoSoft Serv-U 3.0 sends the user password in plaintext even when S/KEY One-Time Password (OTP) authentication is enabled, which allows remote attackers to sniff passwords.

Published: 2001-11-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1463 is rated High Exploit Risk (72/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.66%). Core evidence: 2 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-2001-1463

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1463

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 2026-03-16 7.38% 3.66% -3.72%
2 2025-12-26 1.06% 7.38% +6.32%
3 2025-04-15 1.06%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1463

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-2001-1463

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1463

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
solarwinds serv-u_file_server 3.0.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:3.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u_file_server 3.0.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:3.0.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1463

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