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CVE-2001-0038

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0038 describes a file disclosure vulnerability in MetaProducts Offline Explorer 1.4 prior to Service Release 2. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a user's system by including a drive letter in a specially crafted URL. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but only impacts confidentiality. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0xCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:metaproducts:offline_explorer:1.0x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1xCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:metaproducts:offline_explorer:1.1x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2xCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:metaproducts:offline_explorer:1.2x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3xCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:metaproducts:offline_explorer:1.3x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20488 · Dec 7, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0333 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0078.html
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5728
securityfocus.com / bid/2084
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory