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CVE-2001-0028

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0028 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the HTML parsing code of oops WWW proxy server versions 1.5.2 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system by sending a specially crafted request containing a large number of quotation characters. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:igor_khasilev:oops_proxy_server:1.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20495 · Dec 11, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0714 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/bugtraq/2000-12/0127.html
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/freebsd/2000-12/0418.html
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5725
securityfocus.com / bid/2099
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory