CVE-2000-0459 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2000-0459

IMP does not remove files properly if the MSWordView application...

Vulnerability Description

IMP does not remove files properly if the MSWordView application quits, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by filling up the disk space by requesting a large number of documents and prematurely stopping the request.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

imp
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.2_pre9, 2.2_pre10, 2.2_pre11, 2.2_pre12

Timeline

Official Publish: October 13th, 2000
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.