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Vulnerability record · CVE-2000-0696 · published 20 October 2000

CVE-2000-0696: Sun solaris answerbook2 vulnerability

Sun · Solaris Answerbook2

The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 does not properly authenticate requests to its supporting CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to add user accounts to the interface by directly calling the admin CGI script.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.2% · top 5.9%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
7.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 does not properly authenticate requests to its supporting CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to add user accounts to the interface by directly calling the admin CGI script.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sun/2000-q3/0001.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0105.html
http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1554 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5069
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sun/2000-q3/0001.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0105.html
http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1554 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5069

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2000-0696), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.