CVE-2000-0705

Exp

ntop running in web mode allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0705 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.32%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-0705

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20143 exploit_db edb 2000-08-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0705

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 9.07% 5.32% -3.75%
2 2025-03-29 5.32% 9.07% +3.75%
3 2025-03-17 5.32%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0705

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0705

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-0705

vendor priority summary link
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0705

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0705

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
luca_deri ntop 1.2a7_9 cpe:2.3:a:luca_deri:ntop:1.2a7_9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0705

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