CVE-2000-0900
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.5
HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
2.0%
80.1th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
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Published 2000-12-19 · modified 2026-09-23
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in ssi CGI program in thttpd 2.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a "%2e%2e" string, a variation of the .. (dot dot) attack.
Affected
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:73.thttpd.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0025.html
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1737
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5313
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:73.thttpd.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0025.html
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1737
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5313