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CVE-2000-0696
The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 does not properly authenticate requests to its supporting…
High7.5EPSS 7.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1554 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 00196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNx_transferred
- 20000807 Vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris AnswerBook2 dwhttpd server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- solaris-answerbook2-admin-interface(5069) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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