CVE-2000-0638

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2000-0638 · Published 11/07/2000 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2000-0638 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting big brother (sean macguire).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.1%, higher than 90.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
big brother sean_macguire	`= 1.0= 1.09b= 1.09c= 1.09d= 1.1= 1.2= 1.3= 1.3b= 1.4= 1.4g= 1.4h= 1.4h1`	No fix yet

bb-hostsvc.sh in Big Brother 1.4h1 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) attack on the HOSTSVC parameter.

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