BNBSurvey survey.cgi Metacharacter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in BNBSurvey. This impacts an unknown function of the file survey.cgi. Such manipulation as part of Metacharacter leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-0936. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in BNBSurvey (Survey Software) (the affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file survey.cgi. The manipulation as part of a Metacharacter 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:

BNBSurvey survey.cgi program allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters.

The weakness was released 12/03/1998. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0936. 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 10/22/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10029 (BNB Survey.cgi Metacharacter 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 871. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 924.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3101), SecurityFocus (BID 1817†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-735†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.8
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 871
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP survey.cgi access
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Timelineinfo

12/03/1998 🔍
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01/27/2003 +1516 days 🔍
06/19/2014 +4161 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0936 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0936
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14276
X-Force: 3101
SecurityFocus: 1817 - BNB Survey.cgi Metacharacter Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 735 - BNB Survey.cgi Allows Arbitrary Code Execution via Shell Metacharacters, High

Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 22:54
Updated: 10/22/2025 08:52
Changes: 06/19/2014 22:54 (60), 05/08/2019 12:37 (2), 10/22/2025 08:52 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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