MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2000-1177

Big Brother Network Monitor vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
8.0%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
bb-hist.sh, bb-histlog.sh, bb-hostsvc.sh, bb-rep.sh, bb-replog.sh, and bb-ack.sh in Big Brother (BB) before 1.5d3 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files and user ID's by specifying the target file in the HISTFILE parameter.
Affected vendor
Bb4
Affected product
Big Brother Network Monitor
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published
2001-01-09

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 8.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-1177

  • Confirm whether Bb4 Big Brother Network Monitor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-1177.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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