WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner Webspider denial of service
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner up to 1.8. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Webspider. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to denial of service. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
- Published
- Mar 28, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 16th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-404
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 5.5
- CNA · VulDB
- 2.8
- 2.7 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| weka | interest security scanner | cpe:2.3:a:weka:interest_security_scanner |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- weka interest security scannerup to 1.8 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (VulDB). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner
- 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8affected
Same product
weka: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-20016WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner Portscan memory allocation30Monitor
- CVE-2017-20015WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner LAN Viewer denial of service22Monitor
- CVE-2017-20013WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner Stresstest Configuration denial of service22Monitor
- CVE-2017-20012WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner Stresstest Scheme denial of service22Monitor
- CVE-2017-20011WEKA INTEREST Security Scanner HTTP denial of service22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.