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CVE-2000-0038

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0038 describes a critical vulnerability in glFtpD where the software ships with a default "glftpd" user account possessing a default password and a UID of 0, effectively granting root privileges. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating that an unauthenticated attacker can easily exploit it over the network to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, such as EDB-19690, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:glftpd:glftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19690 · Dec 23, 1999
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0657 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/CVE-2000-0038