CVE-2000-0696

Exp

The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 does not properly authenticate requests to its supporting CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to add user accounts to the interface by directly calling the admin CGI script.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-0696 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.18%, 93th percentile). 2 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-2000-0696

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20144 exploit_db edb 2000-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0696

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 9.06% 7.18% -1.88%
2 2026-02-27 9.38% 9.06% -0.32%
3 2025-06-17 — 9.38% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0696

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-2000-0696

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0696

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris_answerbook2 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:solaris_answerbook2:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0696

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