CVE-2000-0590

Exp

Poll It 2.0 CGI script allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the file name in the data_dir parameter.

Published: 2000-07-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0590 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.33%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0590

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20059 exploit_db edb 2000-07-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0590

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 2025-03-30 11.29% 7.33% -3.96%
2 2025-03-29 7.33% 11.29% +3.96%
3 2025-03-17 — 7.33% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0590

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-2000-0590

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0590

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cgi-world poll_it 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgi-world:poll_it:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0590

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