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CVE-2003-0169

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• HP Instant Toptools: 5.04

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0164.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104914959705949&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7246
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0164.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104914959705949&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7246

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