CVE-2000-0696

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5069

http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0105.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sun/2000-q3/0001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-10-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08226