CVE-2000-0696

Solaris AnswerBook2 - Unauthenticated User Account Creation via Admin CGI Script

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0696. PoCs published by Lluis Mora.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in AnswerBook2 versions 1.4.2 and prior, allowing remote users to create administration accounts via direct access to the /cgi-bin/admin/admin script. This enables attackers to read log files and manage content.

Description

The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 does not properly authenticate requests to its supporting CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to add user accounts to the interface by directly calling the admin CGI script.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Lluis Mora · textremotesolaris
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20144

The exploit describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in AnswerBook2 versions 1.4.2 and prior, allowing remote users to create administration accounts via direct access to the /cgi-bin/admin/admin script. This enables attackers to read log files and manage content.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: AnswerBook2 <= 1.4.2
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target web server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1554
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sun
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sun/2000-q3/0001.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0105.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5069

Scores

EPSS 0.0718
EPSS Percentile 93.5%

Details

Status published
Products (4)
sun/solaris_answerbook2 1.3
sun/solaris_answerbook2 1.4
sun/solaris_answerbook2 1.4.1
sun/solaris_answerbook2 1.4.2
Published Oct 20, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026