Roar Smith info2www 1.0/1.1 CGI Input privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Roar Smith info2www 1.0/1.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component CGI Input Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0266. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Roar Smith info2www 1.0/1.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component CGI Input 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. CVE summarizes:

the info2www cgi script allows remote file access or remote command execution.

The weakness was shared 03/01/1998 by Niall Smart (FIRST) as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0266. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 10127 (Multiple Vendor info2www 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 10006 (info2www CGI Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 827. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 784.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1732), Exploit-DB (20430), Tenable (10127), SecurityFocus (BID 1995†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-241†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 10127
Nessus Name: Multiple Vendor info2www CGI Arbitrary Command Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: info2www 1.2

Snort ID: 827
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP info2www access
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Niall Smart (FIRST)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0266 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14084
X-Force: 1732
SecurityFocus: 1995 - Info2www CGI Input Handling Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 241 - info2www CGI cmd exec, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 00:05
Updated: 10/26/2025 04:54
Changes: 06/19/2014 00:05 (75), 05/05/2019 17:36 (1), 07/06/2024 21:13 (25), 10/26/2025 04:54 (5)
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