CVE-2000-0179

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—💥 Exploit

HP OpenView OmniBack 2.55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large number of connections to port 5555.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Base score: 5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 9.70%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · HP OpenView OmniBack II 2.55/3.0/3.1 - Denial of Service (2/28/2000)

Affected technologies (1)

HP — Openview Omniback II

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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