CVE-2000-0039

Exp

AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

Published: 1999-12-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0039 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.92%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0039

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19694 exploit_db edb 1999-12-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0039

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.62% 5.92% +2.29%
2 2025-03-30 4.86% 3.62% -1.24%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.86% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0039

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0039

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0039

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
altavista search_intranet 2.0b cpe:2.3:a:altavista:search_intranet:2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
altavista search_intranet 2.3a cpe:2.3:a:altavista:search_intranet:2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0039

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