CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Webcom Guestbook (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
remote execution of arbitrary commands through guestbook cgi program.
The weakness was published 09/01/1997 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at cert.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0237. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10098 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1140. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 871.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (321) and Tenable (10098). Similar entry is available at 14840.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 10098
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OpenVAS ID: 10098
OpenVAS Name: guestbook.cgi
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Snort ID: 1140
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP guestbook.pl access
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Timeline
09/01/1997 🔍09/01/1997 🔍
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11/05/1999 🔍
09/12/2002 🔍
11/25/2002 🔍
06/18/2014 🔍
05/05/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: cert.orgStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0237 (🔍)
X-Force: 321
Vulnerability Center: 235 - Guestbook CGI cmd exec, High
SecurityFocus: 776 - Guestbook CGI Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 83 - Guestbook CGI Arbitrary Command Execution
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Entry
Created: 06/18/2014 16:11Updated: 05/05/2019 16:58
Changes: 06/18/2014 16:11 (70), 05/05/2019 16:58 (2)
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