HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2000-0353

Pine vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Pine 4.x allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via an index.html file which executes lynx and obtains a uudecoded file from a malicious web server, which is then executed by Pine.
Affected vendor
University Of Washington
Affected product
Pine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
1999-06-28

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-0353

  • Confirm whether University Of Washington Pine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-0353.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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