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CVE-2000-1198

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-1198 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the qualcomm qpopper POP server. Local users can exploit predictable lock file names to create lock files for other mailboxes, preventing legitimate users from accessing their mail. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, leading to high availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild or listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:2.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19869 · Apr 19, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
Mailing List
marc.info
Mailing List
securityfocus.com / bid/1132
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry