Renaud Deraison JJ Metacharacter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Renaud Deraison JJ and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Metacharacter Handler. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-0260. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Renaud Deraison JJ (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Metacharacter Handler. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

the jj cgi program allows command execution via shell metacharacters.

The weakness was presented 12/24/1996 by Aleph One. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0260. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10131 (Multiple Vendor jj 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 10026 (jj CGI Vulnerability).

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 1174. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 522.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1808), Tenable (10131), SecurityFocus (BID 2002†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-238†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 10131
Nessus Name: Multiple Vendor jj CGI Arbitrary Command Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1174
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP /cgi-bin/jj access
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12/24/1996 🔍
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06/22/1999 +910 days 🔍
11/25/2002 +1252 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +4222 days 🔍
10/26/2025 +4149 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Researcher: Aleph One
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13793
X-Force: 1808
SecurityFocus: 2002 - JJ sample CGI program Escape Character Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 238 - JJ CGI Arbitrary Command Execution, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 18:06
Updated: 10/26/2025 04:54
Changes: 06/17/2014 18:06 (64), 05/05/2019 17:12 (3), 10/26/2025 04:54 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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