CVE-2001-0581
Spytech Spynet Chat Server 6.5 allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections to port…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Spytech Spynet Chat Server 6.5 allows a remote attacker to create a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections to port 6387.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- SpyNet 6.5 Chat Server - Multiple Connection Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20828dos, windowspublished 7 May 2001Verified
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Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 2701 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- spynet-connection-dos(6509) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20010507 Advisory for Spynet Chat (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-0573 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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