CVE-2000-0128

Finger Server 0.82 - Command Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0128. PoCs published by Iain Wade.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a command injection vulnerability in 'The Finger Server' Perl script, allowing remote unauthenticated users to execute shell commands via a crafted HTTP request. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in the 'filename' parameter.

Description

The Finger Server 0.82 allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Iain Wade · textremotecgi
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19745

The exploit describes a command injection vulnerability in 'The Finger Server' Perl script, allowing remote unauthenticated users to execute shell commands via a crafted HTTP request. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation in the 'filename' parameter.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: The Finger Server (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target web server hosting the vulnerable script
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.glazed.org/finger/changelog.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/7610

Scores

EPSS 0.0466
EPSS Percentile 90.6%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
daniel_beckham/the_finger_server 0.80_beta
daniel_beckham/the_finger_server 0.81_beta
daniel_beckham/the_finger_server 0.82_beta
daniel_beckham/the_finger_server 0.83_beta
Published Feb 04, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026