CVE-2005-4699 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.

Published: 2006-02-01

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kimihia:tellme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01295.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html
http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt
http://kimihia.org.nz/projects/tellme/files/tellme-1.2-1.3.diff
http://secunia.com/advisories/17078
http://www.osvdb.org/19871
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22522

History

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Subscriptions

Kimihia Tellme

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-01T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:28.595Z

Reserved: 2006-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4699

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-4699

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-88

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