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CVE-2001-1488

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-1488 describes a vulnerability in Open Projects Network IRC daemon u2.10.05.18 where the lack of double-reverse DNS lookup allows remote attackers to spoof valid hostnames. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium) with a low attack complexity, indicating that an attacker could easily achieve partial integrity impact without authentication. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE. A follow-up note also suggests this might not be a true vulnerability in the daemon.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
u2.10.05.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:open_projects_network:open_projects_network_ircd:u2.10.05.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0134 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7283
securityfocus.com / archive/1/219388/2003-04-27/2003-05-03/2
securityfocus.com / archive/1/220380