Muhammad A. Muquit wwwcount 2.3 count.cgi memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Muhammad A. Muquit wwwcount 2.3. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the file count.cgi. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-1999-0021. Furthermore, an exploit is available. This vulnerability is historically impactful due to its background and the reception it garnered. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Muhammad A. Muquit wwwcount 2.3. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file count.cgi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

arbitrary command execution via buffer overflow in count.cgi (wwwcount) cgi-bin program.

The weakness was published 10/10/1997 by Razvan Dragomirescu as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0021. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/28/2025). This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10049 (wwwcount Count.cgi Remote Overflow), 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 10014 (count.cgi vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 2.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1149. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 518.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (586), Exploit-DB (19105), Tenable (10049), SecurityFocus (BID 128†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-192†). Similar entry is available at VDB-15205. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10049
Nessus Name: wwwcount Count.cgi Remote Overflow
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OpenVAS Name: Count.cgi
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: wwwcount 2.4

Snort ID: 1149
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP count.cgi access
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10/10/1997 🔍
10/16/1997 +6 days 🔍
10/16/1997 +0 days 🔍
11/05/1997 +20 days 🔍
06/22/1999 +594 days 🔍
10/22/2002 +1218 days 🔍
06/18/2014 +4257 days 🔍
10/28/2025 +4150 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Razvan Dragomirescu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0021 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0021
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14020
X-Force: 586
SecurityFocus: 128 - Count.cgi (wwwcount) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 192 - Buffer Overflow in Count.cgi, High

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

Created: 06/18/2014 17:22
Updated: 10/28/2025 04:20
Changes: 06/18/2014 17:22 (78), 05/05/2019 14:17 (2), 11/24/2024 02:48 (27), 10/28/2025 04:20 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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