CVE-2000-0908

BrowseGate 2.80 - Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution via Long HTTP Headers

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0908. PoCs published by Delphis Consulting.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a DoS vulnerability in NetcPlus BrowseGate 2.80. The vulnerability is triggered by sending an HTTP GET request with specific headers containing 8 KB strings, causing the service to crash due to an invalid read error.

Description

BrowseGate 2.80 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long Authorization or Referer MIME headers in the HTTP request.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Delphis Consulting · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20233

This is a writeup describing a DoS vulnerability in NetcPlus BrowseGate 2.80. The vulnerability is triggered by sending an HTTP GET request with specific headers containing 8 KB strings, causing the service to crash due to an invalid read error.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: NetcPlus BrowseGate 2.80
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target service on port 80
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96956211605302&w=2
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_win2ksec
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/win2ksecadvice/2000-q3/0128.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1702
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.netcplus.com/browsegate.htm#BGLatest
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5270

Scores

EPSS 0.0974
EPSS Percentile 94.9%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
netcplus/browsegate 2.80
Published Dec 19, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026