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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2000-0739

Directory traversal vulnerability in strong.exe program in NAI Net Tools PKI server 1.0 before HotFix 3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.87%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in strong.exe program in NAI Net Tools PKI server 1.0 before HotFix 3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack in an HTTPS request to the enrollment server.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
2.87% probability · 87th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 August 2000
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
network associates/net tools pki server
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.87%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-20135source ↗nai net tools pki server 1.0 - Directory Traversalwindows · Juliano Rizzoremote2 August 2000yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.