CVE-2001-0460 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Baltimore Technologies WEBsweeper 4.0. The flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust memory resources by sending an excessively long HTTP Referrer header, as the software fails to properly limit its length. This unauthenticated attack has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity leading to partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a proof-of-concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, and there is no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:baltimore_technologies:websweeper:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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