Mcmurtrey Whitaker And Associates Cart32 2.6/3.0 backdoor

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.6$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mcmurtrey Whitaker And Associates Cart32 2.6/3.0. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to backdoor. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0429. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mcmurtrey Whitaker And Associates Cart32 2.6/3.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a backdoor vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-912. The product contains functionality that is not documented, not part of the specification, and not accessible through an interface or command sequence that is obvious to the product's users or administrators. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A backdoor password in Cart32 3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

The weakness was disclosed 04/27/2000 by Security Team as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at cart32.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0429. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1588.001 for this issue.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10389 (Cart32 Backdoor Password Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Backdoors and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10132 (Cart32 Remote Administration Password Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1162. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2197.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4351), Exploit-DB (19881), Tenable (10389), SecurityFocus (BID 1153†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-787†). marc.theaimsgroup.com is providing further details. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Backdoor
CWE: CWE-912
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 10389
Nessus Name: Cart32 Backdoor Password Arbitrary Command Execution
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Snort ID: 1162
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP cart 32 AdminPwd access
Snort Class: 🔍
TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

SourceFire IPS: 🔍
ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

04/27/2000 🔍
04/27/2000 +0 days 🔍
04/27/2000 +0 days 🔍
04/27/2000 +0 days 🔍
05/09/2000 +12 days 🔍
02/03/2003 +1000 days 🔍
06/24/2014 +4159 days 🔍
10/15/2025 +4131 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cart32.com
Researcher: Security Team
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2000-0429 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0429
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15497
X-Force: 4351
SecurityFocus: 1153 - McMurtrey/Whitaker & Associates Cart32 Remote Administration Password Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 787 - McMurtrey/Whitaker \x26 Associates Cart32 Remote Administration Password Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Misc.: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 13:01
Updated: 10/15/2025 20:29
Changes: 06/24/2014 13:01 (73), 05/08/2019 18:01 (3), 05/10/2025 03:47 (27), 10/15/2025 20:29 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Interested in the pricing of exploits?

See the underground prices here!