CVE-2002-1663 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a POST request with an invalid or missing Content-Length header value.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.99% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| monkey-project | monkey |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Monkey HTTP Server 0.4/0.5 - Invalid POST Denial of Service | 2002-11-02 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0023.html
- http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7449
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1005507
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6096
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10529
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0023.html
- http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7449
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1005507
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6096
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10529
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