CVE-2001-0849 describes a critical vulnerability in the viralator CGI script within Duncan Hall's Viralator 0.9pre1 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The flaw stems from insecurely passing a user-supplied URL to a wget command, enabling command injection. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decades-old CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:duncan_hall:viralator:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:duncan_hall:viralator:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.9_pre1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:duncan_hall:viralator:0.9_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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