BNBForm Automessage Form privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in BNBForm. Affected is an unknown function of the component Automessage Form. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-0937. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in BNBForm (the affected version is unknown). This affects an unknown code of the component Automessage Form. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

BNBForm allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the automessage hidden form variable.

The weakness was disclosed 12/03/1998 by duke. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0937. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/22/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11748 (Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection), 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 10028 (bnbform.cgi" CGI Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 846. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 531.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3093), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 2147†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-734†). The entries VDB-14266, VDB-14828, VDB-15062 and VDB-15063 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 846
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP bnbform.cgi access
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Sourcesinfo

Researcher: duke
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0937 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0937
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14277
X-Force: 3093
SecurityFocus: 2147 - BNBForm Automessage File Retrieval Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 734 - BNBForm Automessage File Retrieval Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 22:55
Updated: 10/22/2025 08:52
Changes: 06/19/2014 22:55 (63), 05/08/2019 12:23 (4), 10/22/2025 08:52 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:214:103

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