Ccs Network Hyperseek Search Engine 2000 admin.cgi edit_file privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Ccs Network Hyperseek Search Engine 2000. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file admin.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument edit_file leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-1999-1255. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ccs Network Hyperseek Search Engine 2000. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file admin.cgi. The manipulation of the argument edit_file 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Hyperseek allows remote attackers to modify the hyperseek configuration by directly calling the admin.cgi program with an edit_file action parameter.

The weakness was released 02/19/1999 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1255. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (1914). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Timelineinfo

02/19/1999 🔍
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06/20/2014 +5600 days 🔍
04/18/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1255 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1255
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14516
X-Force: 1914

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 17:01
Updated: 04/18/2026 13:48
Changes: 06/20/2014 17:01 (38), 04/04/2019 10:27 (9), 04/18/2026 13:48 (16)
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