{"id":"CVE-2000-0638","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0638","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:02.488Z","title":"bb-hostsvc.sh in Big Brother 1.4h1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..","description":"bb-hostsvc.sh in Big Brother 1.4h1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack on the HOSTSVC parameter.","published":"2000-07-11T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:52:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["sean macguire/big brother"],"epss":{"score":0.04109,"percentile":0.90699,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2000-07-11","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20068,"kind":"exploit","title":"Sean MacGuire Big Brother 1.x - Directory Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20068","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/cgi/remote/20068.txt","file":"exploits/cgi/remote/20068.txt","published":"2000-07-11","added":"2000-07-11","updated":"2012-07-24","author":"Eric Hines","type":"remote","platform":"cgi","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0638","OSVDB-359"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1455/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0146.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0147.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bb4.com/README.CHANGES","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1455","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4879","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0146.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0147.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://bb4.com/README.CHANGES","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1455","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4879","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0638","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}