Matt Whois 1.0 Domain Entry whois.cgi Metacharacter privileges management
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Matt Whois 1.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file whois.cgi of the component Domain Entry Handler. The manipulation as part of a Metacharacter leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Matt s Whois program whois.cgi allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the domain entry.
The weakness was published 11/09/1999. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0984. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Similar entry is available at 14961.
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
11/09/1999 🔍11/09/1999 🔍
06/22/2014 🔍
06/23/2021 🔍
Sources
Status: Not definedCVE: CVE-1999-0984 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 2000
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Entry
Created: 06/22/2014 14:42Updated: 06/23/2021 10:18
Changes: 06/22/2014 14:42 (41), 05/21/2018 10:16 (6), 06/23/2021 10:18 (3)
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