{"id":"CVE-2000-0179","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0179","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:29:55.631Z","title":"HP OpenView OmniBack 2.55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port 5555.","description":"HP OpenView OmniBack 2.55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port 5555.","published":"2000-02-28T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:51:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["hp/openview omniback ii"],"epss":{"score":0.09696,"percentile":0.95473,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2000-02-28","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19782,"kind":"exploit","title":"HP OpenView OmniBack II 2.55/3.0/3.1 - Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19782","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/19782.pl","file":"exploits/windows/dos/19782.pl","published":"2000-02-28","added":"2000-02-28","updated":"2012-07-12","author":"Jon Hittner","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0179","OSVDB-1235"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1015/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 9.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-02/0387.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1015","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0006-115","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-02/0387.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1015","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0006-115","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0179","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}