CVE-2000-1191

htsearch program in htDig 3.2 beta, 3.1.6, 3.1.5, and earlier allows remote attackers to determine the physical path of the server by requesting a non-existent configuration file using the config parameter, which generates an error message that includes the full path.

Published: 2001-08-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2000-1191 is rated Moderate Risk (51.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.05%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.62% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2000-1191

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 1.43% 3.05% +1.62%
2 2026-01-02 1.80% 1.43% -0.37%
3 2025-10-17 1.80%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2000-1191

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2000-1191

OS Trackers for CVE-2000-1191

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-1191

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2000-1191

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
htdig_project htdig <= 3.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:htdig_project:htdig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
htdig_project htdig 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:htdig_project:htdig:3.2.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2000-1191

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