Kootenay Web Whois 1.0 whois privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Kootenay Web Whois 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument whois results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-0941. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kootenay Web Whois 1.0. It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument whois 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. CVE summarizes:

Kootenay Web KW Whois 1.0 CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "whois" parameter.

The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2000 by Mark Stratman (FIRST) (Website) via Mark Stratman. The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2000-0941. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/12/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10541 (KW Whois CGI whois 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 10191 (Kootenay Web Whois 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5438), Exploit-DB (20370), Tenable (10541), SecurityFocus (BID 1883†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-277†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 10541
Nessus Name: KW Whois CGI whois Parameter Arbitrary Command Execution
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10/29/2000 🔍
12/19/2000 +51 days 🔍
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11/29/2002 +710 days 🔍
12/04/2002 +5 days 🔍
07/01/2014 +4227 days 🔍
10/12/2025 +4121 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Mark Stratman (FIRST)
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0941 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0941
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16152
X-Force: 5438
SecurityFocus: 1883 - KW Whois Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 277 - Kootenay Web Whois cmd exec, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 00:23
Updated: 10/12/2025 06:28
Changes: 07/02/2014 00:23 (64), 05/05/2019 21:32 (4), 08/10/2024 06:34 (25), 10/12/2025 06:28 (4)
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