CVE-2000-1176

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Directory traversal vulnerability in YaBB search.pl CGI script allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in the "catsearch" form field.

Published: 2001-01-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-1176 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.72%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2000-1176

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20387 exploit_db edb 2000-11-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1176

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 2.37% 5.72% +3.35%
2 2025-03-30 5.50% 2.37% -3.13%
3 2025-03-29 5.50%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1176

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1176

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1176

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yabb yabb 2000-09-11 cpe:2.3:a:yabb:yabb:2000-09-11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1176

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