CVE-2000-1142

Recourse ManTrap 1.6 generates an error when an attacker cd's to /proc/self/cwd and executes the pwd command, which allows attackers to determine that they are in a honeypot system.

Published: 2001-01-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2000-1142 is rated Low Risk (17.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1142

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 0.17% 0.11% -0.05%
2 2025-03-29 0.06% 0.17% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1142

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1142

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1142

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
recourse_technologies mantrap 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:recourse_technologies:mantrap:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1142

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