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CVE-2000-00391 exploit

AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.9%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-19694 AltaVista Search Intranet 2.0 b/2.3 - Directory Traversal · remote · 1999-12-29

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

  • osvdb.org /15 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/896 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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