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CVE-2000-0501

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0501 describes a race condition vulnerability in the MDaemon 2.8.5.0 POP server, allowing local users to trigger a denial of service. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.6) requires high attack complexity, as an attacker must rapidly issue a UIDL command and disconnect to exploit it. While not actively exploited in the wild, a public exploit (EDB-20020) exists, though there is no evidence of broader community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:alt-n:mdaemon:2.8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20020 · Jun 16, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0414 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q2/0277.html
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/4745
securityfocus.com / bid/1366