CVE-2000-0696 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.2% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 does not properly authenticate requests to its supporting CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to add user accounts to the interface by directly calling the admin CGI script.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.18% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2000-10-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | solaris answerbook2 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sun AnswerBook2 1.4.2/1.4.3/1.4.4 - Administration Interface Access | 2000-08-08 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sun/2000-q3/0001.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0105.html
- http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1554
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5069
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sun/2000-q3/0001.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0105.html
- http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1554
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5069
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