CVE-2000-0538 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ColdFusion Administrator for ColdFusion 4.5.1 and earlier versions. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by submitting an excessively long login password, causing the server to become unresponsive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a partial impact on availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit for this specific issue is available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:allaire:coldfusion_server:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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