CVE-2000-0501

Alt-N MDaemon 2.8.5 - UIDL Denial of Service

Severity Score

4.7

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race condition in MDaemon 2.8.5.0 POP server allows local users to cause a denial of service by entering a UIDL command and quickly exiting the server.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-06-16 CVE Published
2000-07-11 CVE Reserved
2012-07-22 First Exploit
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1366	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4745	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20020	2012-07-22

URL	Date	SRC
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q2/0277.html	2017-10-10

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Alt-n Search vendor "Alt-n"		Mdaemon Search vendor "Alt-n" for product "Mdaemon"				2.8.5.0 Search vendor "Alt-n" for product "Mdaemon" and version "2.8.5.0"		-		Affected