CVE-2000-0988

Exp

WinU 1.0 through 5.1 has a backdoor password that allows remote attackers to gain access to its administrative interface and modify configuration.

Published: 2000-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-0988 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.41%). Core evidence: 1 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-2000-0988

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-0988

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 0.65% 1.41% +0.76%
2 2025-03-30 0.90% 0.65% -0.25%
3 2025-03-29 0.90%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-0988

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-0988

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-0988

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bardon_data_systems winu <= 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:bardon_data_systems:winu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-0988

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