CVE-1999-0146 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands on NCSA web servers via the campas CGI program, potentially reading sensitive files like the password file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0146?
CVE-1999-0146 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Sep 1999. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The campas CGI program provided with some NCSA web servers allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via encoded carriage return characters in the query string, as demonstrated by reading the password file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0146?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ncsa Campas, Ncsa Servers.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0146?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0146 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-1999-0146 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0146 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c22c-6v4p-99rm.