CVE-2000-1177 — bb-hist.sh, bb-histlog.sh, bb-hostsvc.sh, bb-rep.sh, bb-replog.sh, and bb-ack.sh in Big Brother (BB) before 1.5d3 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files and user ID's by specifying the target file in the HISTFILE parameter

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bb-hist.sh, bb-histlog.sh, bb-hostsvc.sh, bb-rep.sh, bb-replog.sh, and bb-ack.sh in Big Brother (BB) before 1.5d3 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files and user ID's by specifying the target file in the HISTFILE parameter

Published Dec 19, 2000

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.95%

Description

bb-hist.sh, bb-histlog.sh, bb-hostsvc.sh, bb-rep.sh, bb-replog.sh, and bb-ack.sh in Big Brother (BB) before 1.5d3 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files and user ID's by specifying the target file in the HISTFILE parameter.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.95% 0.07953

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.07953

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	7.95% (0.07953)	94.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.95% (0.07953)	93.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 7, 2026	12.97% (0.12967)	93.94th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	6.70% (0.06703)	90.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	10.37% (0.10369)	88.58th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	6.70% (0.06703)	90.09th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	5.68% (0.05678)	89.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.80% (0.00795)	82.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.80% (0.00795)	81.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.80% (0.00795)	78.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0284.html
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://bb4.com/incident.nov21
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1971
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-11/0284.html		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
http://bb4.com/incident.nov21		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1971		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 19, 2000

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Dec 14, 2000

Link CVE-2000-1177

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2000-1177

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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