Bill Kendrick GBook.cgi 1.0 _MAILTO privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Bill Kendrick GBook.cgi 1.0. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument _MAILTO results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-1131. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Bill Kendrick GBook.cgi 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument _MAILTO 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. The summary by CVE is:

Bill Kendrick web site guestbook (GBook) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the _MAILTO form variable.

The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-1131. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. 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 10193 (Bill Hendrick gbook.cgi Remote Command Execution Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1716.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5509), Tenable (11748), SecurityFocus (BID 1940†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6683†). The entries VDB-14266, VDB-14277, VDB-14828 and VDB-15062 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 1716
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP gbook.cgi access
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11/10/2000 🔍
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01/09/2001 +60 days 🔍
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07/02/2014 +3471 days 🔍
10/11/2025 +4119 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-1131 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-1131
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16287
X-Force: 5509
SecurityFocus: 1940 - gbook.cgi Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6683 - Code Execution in Bill Kendrick Gbook.cgi 1.0 via _MAILTO, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 15:14
Updated: 10/11/2025 20:13
Changes: 07/02/2014 15:14 (68), 05/28/2019 18:33 (1), 10/11/2025 20:13 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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