CVE-2003-0169

medium HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
14.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 6% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: April 11, 2003 (8434 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

Description

hpnst.exe in the GoAhead-Webs webserver for HP Instant TopTools before 5.55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a request to hpnst.exe that calls itself, which causes an infinite loop.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

hp instant toptools

References

🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 marc.info 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 marc.info