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CVE-2000-0208

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0208 describes an arbitrary file reading vulnerability in the ht://Dig CGI program, htsearch, affecting various versions of htdig. Attackers can exploit this by enclosing filenames within backticks in parameters sent to htsearch, allowing them to retrieve sensitive files from the server. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.0) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.0b1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:htdig:htdig:3.2.0b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19785 · Feb 29, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0686 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / bid/1026