CVE-2001-0839 — ibillpm.pl in iBill password management system generates weak passwords based on a client's MASTER_ACCOUNT, which allows remote attackers to modify account information in the .htpasswd file via brute force password guessing

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ibillpm.pl in iBill password management system generates weak passwords based on a client's MASTER_ACCOUNT, which allows remote attackers to modify account information in the .htpasswd file via brute force password guessing

Published Nov 22, 2001

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.02%

Description

ibillpm.pl in iBill password management system generates weak passwords based on a client's MASTER_ACCOUNT, which allows remote attackers to modify account information in the .htpasswd file via brute force password guessing.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.02% 0.07023

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

EPSS probability 0.07023

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	7.02% (0.07023)	93.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.02% (0.07023)	93.33th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	3.06% (0.03062)	85.52th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	4.12% (0.04117)	80.70th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.06% (0.03062)	85.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	3.26% (0.03255)	91.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.26% (0.03255)	89.71th	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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100404371423927&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3476
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7352
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100404371423927&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3476		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7352		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 22, 2001

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 22, 2001

Link CVE-2001-0839

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2001-0839

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2001-0839