CVE-1999-0983

Published Nov 9, 1999

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: Whois Internic Lookup program whois.cgi allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the domain entry.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:internic:whois_lookup:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F3A0ABD0-E326-4584-AF8F-FC2157AD0731"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References