CVE-1999-0039

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-0039
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1997-05-06 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionwebdist CGI program (webdist.cgi) in SGI IRIX allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the distloc parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.3 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | CWE-77 | n/a | CWE-77 CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sgi Irix 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 5.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 5.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 5.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified
ADP Sgi Irix affected Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/235 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IRIX cgi-bin webdist.cgi Vulnerabilty af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CERT Advisory CA-1997-12 Vulnerability in webdist.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19970501-02-PX af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
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