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CVE-2000-0739

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0739 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the strong.exe program of NAI Net Tools PKI server 1.0 prior to HotFix 3. This flaw allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by using a "dot dot" (..) attack within an HTTPS request to the enrollment server. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to information disclosure. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:net_tools_pki_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0hotfix1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:net_tools_pki_server:1.0hotfix1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0hotfix2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:network_associates:net_tools_pki_server:1.0hotfix2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
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
2.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-20135 · Aug 2, 2000
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0287 is in the 79th 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

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0473.html
Vendor Advisory
download.nai.com / products/licensed/pgp/hf3pki10.txt
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/5066
osvdb.org / 1489
securityfocus.com / bid/1537
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory