CVE-2000-0920
Boa
- Published
- 19 December 2000
- Last modified
- 16 June 2026
- CVSS
- 5.0 v2.0
- Severity
- medium
- EPSS
- 8.4% (95th pct)
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- NVD status
- Modified
- Weaknesses
- None assigned
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in BOA web server 0.94.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a modified .. (dot dot) attack in the GET HTTP request that uses a "%2E" instead of a "."
Exploitation
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of 2026.09.04. That is an absence of confirmed public exploitation, not evidence that exploitation has not occurred. EPSS models a 8.4% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, placing it in the top decile of all scored CVEs.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Type | Versions named |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boa Webserver | Boa | unknown | 0.93.15, <= 0.94.8.2 |
References
Vendor advisory and patch
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:60.boa.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0092.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001009
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5330
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:60.boa.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0092.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001009
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5330
Record assembled from NVD, CISA KEV 2026.09.04 and FIRST EPSS 2026-09-04. Affected products are those NVD's CPE configuration names that fall inside this site's scope; a CVE may affect products outside it.