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. The catalogue records confirmed public exploitation. Absence from it does not establish 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.