CVE-2000-0739

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in strong.exe program in NAI Net Tools PKI server 1.0 before HotFix 3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in an HTTPS request to the enrollment server.

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-2000-0739 is rated High Exploit Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.87%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2000-0739

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20135 exploit_db edb 2000-08-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0739

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 4.60% 2.87% -1.73%
2 2025-03-30 4.67% 4.60% -0.08%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.67% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0739

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0739

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0739

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
network_associates net_tools_pki_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:net_tools_pki_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates net_tools_pki_server 1.0hotfix1 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:net_tools_pki_server:1.0hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
network_associates net_tools_pki_server 1.0hotfix2 cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:net_tools_pki_server:1.0hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0739

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