CVE-2000-0640

Exp

Guild FTPd allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the FTP root via a .. (dot dot) attack, which provides different error messages depending on whether the file exists or not.

Published: 2000-07-08 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0640 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.54%). 3 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-2000-0640

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20065 exploit_db edb 2000-07-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0640

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 2025-04-26 3.77% 4.54% +0.77%
2 2025-03-30 5.07% 3.77% -1.30%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.07% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0640

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-2000-0640

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0640

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
steve_poulsen guildftpd 0.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:steve_poulsen:guildftpd:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0640

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