CVE-2000-0459 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IMP does not remove files properly if the MSWordView application quits, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by filling up the disk space by requesting a large number of documents and prematurely stopping the request.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:imp:imp:2.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:imp:imp:2.0.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:imp:imp:2.0.11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:imp:imp:2.2_pre9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:imp:imp:2.2_pre10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:imp:imp:2.2_pre11:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:imp:imp:2.2_pre12:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0458	IMP does not remove files properly if the MSWordView application quits, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by filling up the disk space by requesting a large number of documents and prematurely stopping the request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00441.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=95672120116627&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1361

History

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Subscriptions

Imp Imp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:29.928Z

Reserved: 2000-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0459

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-04-22T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:51:46.800

Link: CVE-2000-0459

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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