George Burgyan CGI Counter 4.0.2/4.0.7 Metacharacter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in George Burgyan CGI Counter 4.0.2/4.0.7. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation as part of Metacharacter causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2000-0424. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in George Burgyan CGI Counter 4.0.2/4.0.7. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

The CGI counter 4.0.7 by George Burgyan allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

The bug was discovered 05/15/2000. The weakness was presented 05/15/2000 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0424. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10146 (George Burgyan CGI Counter Input Validation Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4452), Exploit-DB (19913), SecurityFocus (BID 1202†), OSVDB (1332†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6758†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0424 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0424
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15553
X-Force: 4452
SecurityFocus: 1202 - George Burgyan CGI Counter Input Validation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1332 - George Burgyan`s CGI Counter remote command execution
Vulnerability Center: 6758 - George Burgyan CGI Counter 4.0.2, 4.0.7 Allows Code Execution via, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 16:36
Updated: 10/15/2025 21:50
Changes: 06/24/2014 16:36 (57), 06/03/2019 05:07 (3), 08/04/2024 06:23 (25), 10/15/2025 21:50 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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