CVE-2001-0008
Backdoor account in Interbase database server allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files using stored procedures.
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 13.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Backdoor account in Interbase database server allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files using stored procedures.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Borland/Inprise Interbase 4.0/5.0/6.0 - Backdoor Password (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20537remote, multiplepublished 10 Jan 2001Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.3% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- interbase-backdoor-account(5911) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CA-2001-01 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-0008 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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