Matt Kruse Calendar Script 2.2 calender.pl Metacharacter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Matt Kruse Calendar Script 2.2. This impacts an unknown function of the file calender.pl. The manipulation as part of Metacharacter leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2000-0432. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Matt Kruse Calendar Script 2.2 (Calendar Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file calender.pl. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The calender.pl and the calendar_admin.pl calendar scripts by Matt Kruse allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

The weakness was presented 05/16/2000 by FIRST as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0432. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10506 (Matt Kruse calendar_admin.pl Shell Metacharacter 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 10356 (Matt Kruse Calendar Arbitrary Command Execution 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 1455.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4464), Exploit-DB (19921), Tenable (10506), SecurityFocus (BID 1215†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-134†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10506
Nessus Name: Matt Kruse calendar_admin.pl Shell Metacharacter Arbitrary Command Execution
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1455
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP calendar.pl access
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06/24/2014 +4270 days 🔍
10/15/2025 +4131 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: FIRST
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0432 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0432
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15563
X-Force: 4464
SecurityFocus: 1215 - Matt Kruse Calendar Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 134 - calender.pl exec CMD, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 16:43
Updated: 10/15/2025 20:29
Changes: 06/24/2014 16:43 (71), 05/05/2019 09:15 (1), 08/12/2024 20:07 (25), 10/15/2025 20:29 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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