MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2003-1165

Webweaver vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
5.6%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in BRS WebWeaver 1.06 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long User-Agent header.
Affected vendor
Brs
Affected product
Webweaver
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2003-12-31

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-1165

  • Confirm whether Brs Webweaver is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-1165.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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