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9.8	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Rlaj Whois 1.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file whois.cgi. The manipulation of the argument Domain Name with an unknown input 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:

Rlaj whois CGI script (whois.cgi) 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the domain name field.

The bug was discovered 06/27/2002. The weakness was released 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1854 since 06/29/2005. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/04/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 187 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9439).

Productinfo

Vendor

• Rlaj

Name

• Whois

Version

• 1.0

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.8

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
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VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
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0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

06/27/2002 🔍
06/27/2002 +0 days 🔍
06/27/2002 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +187 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
01/05/2005 +736 days 🔍
06/29/2005 +175 days 🔍
08/04/2014 +3323 days 🔍
06/04/2019 +1765 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-1854 (🔍)
X-Force: 9439
Vulnerability Center: 6771 - Code Execution in Rlaj WhoIS 1.0 via Domain Name Field, High
SecurityFocus: 5113 - Rlaj WhoIs Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 59548 - Rlaj - WhoIs - Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 08/04/2014 17:16
Updated: 06/04/2019 11:01
Changes: 08/04/2014 17:16 (59), 06/04/2019 11:01 (3)
Complete: 🔍

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