CVE-2000-0627

Exp

BlackBoard CourseInfo 4.0 does not properly authenticate users, which allows local users to modify CourseInfo database information and gain privileges by directly calling the supporting CGI programs such as user_update_passwd.pl and user_update_admin.pl.

Published: 2000-07-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0627 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.47%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% 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-2000-0627

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0627

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 0.43% 1.47% +1.04%
2 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.43% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0627

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-2000-0627

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0627

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blackboard courseinfo 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:courseinfo:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
blackboard courseinfo unix cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:courseinfo:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0627

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