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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2000-0039

CVE-2000-0039

Description

AltaVista search engine allows remote attackers to read files above the document root via a .. (dot dot) in the query.cgi CGI program.

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Affected products

3

Altavista/AltaVistallm-create
Altavista/Search Intranet2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:altavista:search_intranet:2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:altavista:search_intranet:2.0b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:altavista:search_intranet:2.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

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