CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0915

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.39%

83th percentile - higher than 83% of all known CVEs

Summary

fingerd in FreeBSD 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file name instead of a regular user name.

Risk Assessment

Possible disclosure of sensitive system files, which may lead to information leakage and facilitate further attacks on the system.

Recommendation

Update FreeBSD to a version newer than 4.1.1 or disable the finger service; restrict access to fingerd from untrusted networks.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

fingerd in FreeBSD 4.1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file name instead of a regular user name.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS