7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2000-0696

Published: 20/10/2000 Updated: 19/12/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 755
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

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Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1554/info A lack of authentication checks for certain scripts within the administration interface of AnswerBook2 versions 142 and prior, for Solaris, allows remote users to create administration accounts By directly accessing the /cgi-bin/admin/admin script present under the AnswerBook2 dwhttpd web serve ...