CVE-2000-0590 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Poll It 2.0 CGI script allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the file name in the data_dir parameter.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 7.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cgi-world:poll_it:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0586	Poll It 2.0 CGI script allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the file name in the data_dir parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07333.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0076.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1431
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4878

History

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Subscriptions

Cgi-world Poll It

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.210Z

Reserved: 2000-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0590

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-07-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0590

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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