CVE-2000-0627

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2000-07-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

BlackBoard CourseInfo 4.0 does not properly authenticate users, which allows local users to modify CourseInfo database information and gain privileges by directly calling the supporting CGI programs such as user_update_passwd.pl and user_update_admin.pl.

Affected products

Blackboard Courseinfo: 4.0, unix

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0254.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1486
http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26msg%3D20000719151904.I17986%40securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4946
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0254.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1486
http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?content=/templates/archive.pike%3Flist%3D1%26msg%3D20000719151904.I17986%40securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4946

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