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critical 10.0

CVE-1999-0238 in the critical feed json

php.cgi allows attackers to read any file on the system.

published 29y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-1999-0238

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

php.cgi allows attackers to read any file on the system.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20567)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-14).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20567 PHP PHP/fi 2.0 - Directory Traversal remote, 1997-04-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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