CVE-2001-0008

Exp

Backdoor account in Interbase database server allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files using stored procedures.

Published: 2001-02-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0008 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.02%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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-2001-0008

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20537 exploit_db edb 2001-01-10 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0008

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 20.17% 7.02% -13.15%
2 2026-01-25 27.52% 20.17% -7.35%
3 2025-03-30 27.52%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0008

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0008

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
borland_software interbase 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird <= 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0008

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