CVE-2001-0649

Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5 - Denial of Service via Long HTTP Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-0649. PoCs published by Jass Seljamaa.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a DoS vulnerability in Apple Personal Web Sharing on MacOS 9, where a crafted URL with approximately 6000 excess characters causes the file-sharing system to crash. The system must be manually restarted to restore functionality.

Description

Personal Web Sharing 1.5.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via a long HTTP request.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Jass Seljamaa · textdososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20844

The exploit describes a DoS vulnerability in Apple Personal Web Sharing on MacOS 9, where a crafted URL with approximately 6000 excess characters causes the file-sharing system to crash. The system must be manually restarted to restore functionality.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apple Personal Web Sharing on MacOS 9
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system · Apple Personal Web Sharing enabled on MacOS 9
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184548
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6536

Scores

EPSS 0.0512
EPSS Percentile 91.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
apple/personal_web_sharing 1.5.5
Published Sep 20, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026