Tony Greenwood Webwho+ 1.1 whois.cgi tld privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Tony Greenwood Webwho+ 1.1. This affects an unknown function of the file whois.cgi. Executing a manipulation of the argument tld as part of Metacharacter can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2000-0010. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tony Greenwood Webwho+ 1.1. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file whois.cgi. The manipulation of the argument tld as part of a Metacharacter leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

WebWho+ whois.cgi program allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the TLD parameter.

The weakness was published 12/26/1999 by FIRST. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0010. 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 10/20/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11333 (WebWho+ whois.pl time Parameter 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 10142 (Tony Greenwood WebWho+ Remote Command Execution Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1293.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3748), Exploit-DB (19691), Tenable (11333), SecurityFocus (BID 892†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-762†). 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: 11333
Nessus Name: WebWho+ whois.pl time Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution
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Sourcesinfo

Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0010 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0010
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15100
X-Force: 3748
SecurityFocus: 892 - WebWho+ Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 762 - WebWho+ whois.cgi Program Allows Arbitrary Command Execution via Malformed TLD Parameter, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 16:30
Updated: 10/20/2025 01:24
Changes: 06/22/2014 16:30 (63), 05/08/2019 16:25 (6), 01/02/2025 04:19 (21), 10/20/2025 01:24 (3)
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