THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2001-0949
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2001-0949

Enterprise Validation Authority vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflows in forms.exe CGI program in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) Administration Server 3.3 through 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the parameters (1) Mode, (2) Certificate_File, (3) useExpiredCRLs, (4) listenLength, (5) maxThread, (6) maxConnPerSite, (7) maxMsgLen, (8) exitTime, (9) blockTime, (10) nextUpdatePeriod, (11) buildLocal, (12) maxOCSPValidityPeriod, (13) extension, and (14) a particular combination of parameters associated with private key generation that form a string of a certain length.
Affected vendor
Valicert
Affected product
Enterprise Validation Authority
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2001-12-04

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-0949

  • Confirm whether Valicert Enterprise Validation Authority is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-0949.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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