CVE-1999-0039 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

webdist CGI program (webdist.cgi) in SGI IRIX allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the distloc parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20729.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Sgi Subscribe	Irix Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19970501-02-PX
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1997-12.html
http://www.osvdb.org/235
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/374
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/333

History

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-77
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 1999-09-29T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-09-12T14:37:05.701Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-0039

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1997-05-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-0039

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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