CVE-2000-0074

Exp

PowerScripts PlusMail CGI program allows remote attackers to execute commands via a password file with improper permissions.

Published: 2000-01-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0074 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.78%, 95th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.26% 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-2000-0074

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20801 exploit_db edb 2000-01-20 Exploit-DB ↗
20800 exploit_db edb 2000-01-11 Exploit-DB ↗
20799 exploit_db edb 2000-01-11 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0074

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 5.52% 9.78% +4.26%
2 2025-03-19 5.09% 5.52% +0.43%
3 2025-03-17 — 5.09% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0074

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0074

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0074

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
powerscripts plusmail — cpe:2.3:a:powerscripts:plusmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0074

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