CVE-2001-1291 describes a critical vulnerability in the telnet server of 3Com SuperStack II PS Hub 40 devices, where the absence of login delay or disconnection mechanisms facilitates brute-force password guessing. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this network-exploitable flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness despite no active exploitation or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:3com:superstack_ii_ps_hub_40_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.