CVE-2000-0208

Htdig vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

6.9%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

The htdig (ht://Dig) CGI program htsearch allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by enclosing the file name with backticks (`) in parameters to htsearch.

Affected vendor

Htdig

Affected product

Htdig

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published

2000-02-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 6.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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