John S. Roberts AnyForm 1.0/2.0 CGI Semicolon privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in John S. Roberts AnyForm 1.0/2.0. This affects an unknown function of the component CGI Handler. The manipulation as part of Semicolon leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-0066. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in John S. Roberts AnyForm 1.0/2.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component CGI Handler. The manipulation as part of a Semicolon 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.

The weakness was presented 07/31/1995 by Paul Phillips as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0066. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 10277 (AnyForm CGI Arbitrary Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10211 (John Roberts anyform.cgi Remote Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 3.0 or 4.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 843. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 715.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4907), Exploit-DB (19557), Tenable (10277), SecurityFocus (BID 719†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-574†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10277
Nessus Name: AnyForm CGI Arbitrary Command Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AnyForm 3.0/4.0

Snort ID: 843
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP anform2 access
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Paul Phillips
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0066 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0066
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13703
X-Force: 4907
SecurityFocus: 719 - Anyform CGI Semicolon Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 574 - Anyform CGI Semicolon Vulnerability, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 15:51
Updated: 04/16/2026 07:52
Changes: 06/17/2014 15:51 (76), 05/07/2019 14:45 (2), 08/02/2024 00:39 (27), 11/21/2024 08:46 (12), 10/28/2025 02:43 (2), 04/16/2026 07:52 (12)
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