What is CVE-2000-0697?

CVE-2000-0697 is a vulnerability in Sun Solaris Answerbook2. Published 2000-10-20.

Is CVE-2000-0697 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Sun Solaris Answerbook2

CVE-2000-0697

The administration interface for the dwhttpd web server in Solaris AnswerBook2 allows interface users to remotely execute commands via shell metacharacters.

Published 2000-10-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.112 (95.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.112 · newest: 0.112 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sun Solaris Answerbook2 — versions 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/5058.php (vdb-entry)
www.s21sec.com/en/avisos/s21sec-004-en.txt
www.securityfocus.com/bid/1556 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/sun/2000-q3/0001.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0105.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2000-0697?: CVE-2000-0697 is a vulnerability in Sun Solaris Answerbook2. Published 2000-10-20.
Is CVE-2000-0697 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.