CVE-2000-0740

Exp

Buffer overflow in strong.exe program in NAI Net Tools PKI server 1.0 before HotFix 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long URL in the HTTPS port.

Published: 2000-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2000-0740 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.56%, 92th percentile). 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-2000-0740

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20134 exploit_db edb 2000-08-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0740

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 2025-09-29 11.19% 8.56% -2.63%
2 2025-03-30 14.68% 11.19% -3.49%
3 2025-03-29 — 14.68% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0740

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0740

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0740

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-2000-0740

cvelogic Threat Intelligence