CVE-2001-1563

Unknown vulnerability in Tomcat 3.2.1 running on HP Secure OS for Linux 1.0 allows attackers to access servlet resources. NOTE: due to the vagueness of the vendor advisory, it is not clear whether this issue is already covered by other CVE identifiers.

Published: 2001-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1563 is rated Moderate Risk (59.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.93%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1563

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 6.98% 4.93% -2.05%
2 2026-06-08 4.98% 6.98% +2.00%
3 2025-07-20 4.98%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1563

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-2001-1563

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1563

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache tomcat 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp secure_os 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:hp:secure_os:1.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1563

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