Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0203

Title: Watchguard Firebox II read-only user obtains administrative privileges via hashed passphrases

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-0203.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Mar 26, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.30%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-0203: Watchguard Firebox II firewall allows users with read-only access to gain read-write access, and administrative privileges, by accessing a file that contains hashed passphrases, and using the hashes during authentication.

Impacted Vendors

watchguard 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0342.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2284 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5979 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0342.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2284 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5979

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0203 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 26, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.