CVE-2000-0627

HIGH 7.5CVE-2000-0627 · Published 18/07/2000 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2000-0627 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting courseinfo (blackboard).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 73.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
courseinfo blackboard	`= 4.0= unix`	No fix yet

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.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0254.html · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/1486 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/frames
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4946

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