Shigio Yamaguchi Global 3.55 on NetBSD global.cgi privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Shigio Yamaguchi Global 3.55 on NetBSD. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file global.cgi. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2000-0952. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Shigio Yamaguchi Global 3.55 on NetBSD. It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file global.cgi. The manipulation 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

global.cgi CGI program in Global 3.55 and earlier on NetBSD allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

The weakness was presented 10/24/2000 by Shigio Yamaguchi (FIRST) as SA2000-014 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at ftp.netbsd.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0952. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/12/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11748 (Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection), 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 10195 (Multiple Vendor BSD Global Port Package CGI Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2210.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5424), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 1854†), OSVDB (6486†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3837†). See VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Nessus ID: 11748
Nessus Name: Multiple Dangerous CGI Script Detection
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 2210
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP Multiple Vendors global.cgi access
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10/24/2000 🔍
10/26/2000 +2 days 🔍
12/19/2000 +54 days 🔍
12/19/2000 +0 days 🔍
06/17/2003 +910 days 🔍
02/23/2004 +251 days 🔍
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07/01/2014 +3735 days 🔍
10/12/2025 +4121 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: SA2000-014
Researcher: Shigio Yamaguchi (FIRST)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0952 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0952
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16163
X-Force: 5424
SecurityFocus: 1854 - Multiple Vendor BSD Global Port Package CGI Vulnerability
OSVDB: 6486 - Multiple Vendor Global global.cgi Command Execution
Vulnerability Center: 3837 - Global CGI Enables Arbitrary Code Execution, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 00:31
Updated: 10/12/2025 05:07
Changes: 07/02/2014 00:31 (73), 05/20/2019 09:19 (4), 10/12/2025 05:07 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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