CVE-2000-0577

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Netscape Professional Services FTP Server 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Published: 2000-06-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0577 is rated High Exploit Risk (84/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.52%, 90th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0577

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20046 exploit_db edb 2000-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0577

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 7.14% 4.52% -2.62%
2 2026-03-08 3.27% 7.14% +3.87%
3 2025-06-26 3.27%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0577

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0577

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0577

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netscape professional_services_ftpserver 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:netscape:professional_services_ftpserver:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0577

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