CVE-2003-1462

CVE-2003-1462 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in mod_survey versions 3.0.0 through 3.0.15-pre6, where the module fails to verify survey existence before creating subdirectories. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust disk space, potentially leading to system crashes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in partial availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.