spawar.navy.mil wwwwais.25.c QUERY_STRING memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in spawar.navy.mil wwwwais.25.c. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument QUERY_STRING leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0223. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in spawar.navy.mil wwwwais.25.c (affected version unknown). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument QUERY_STRING with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in wwwwais allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long QUERY_STRING (HTTP GET request).

The weakness was disclosed 03/26/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0223. 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 are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/07/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10597 (wwwwais QUERY_STRING Parameter Remote Overflow), 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 10238 (wwwwais.c Heap Overflow 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 1454.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5980), Tenable (10597), SecurityFocus (BID 5127†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1244†). The entry VDB-20007 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 10597
Nessus Name: wwwwais QUERY_STRING Parameter Remote Overflow
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 1454
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP wwwwais access
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01/19/2001 🔍
03/26/2001 +66 days 🔍
03/26/2001 +0 days 🔍
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06/29/2002 +460 days 🔍
06/23/2003 +359 days 🔍
07/03/2014 +4028 days 🔍
10/07/2025 +4114 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16577
X-Force: 5980 - wwwwais CGI based program denial of service
SecurityFocus: 5127 - Simple WAIS Interface Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1244 - Buffer Overflow in wwwwais CGI Allows Arbitrary Commands Execution, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 16:20
Updated: 10/07/2025 18:22
Changes: 07/03/2014 16:20 (68), 05/10/2019 09:15 (2), 10/07/2025 18:22 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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