CVE-2001-1241 describes a critical vulnerability in Un-CGI 1.9 and earlier, where the software fails to verify execution permissions for CGI scripts. This oversight allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting requests that direct Un-CGI to documents beginning with a shebang ("#!") followed by a program name. 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. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_grimm:un-cgi:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_grimm:un-cgi:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_grimm:un-cgi:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_grimm:un-cgi:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_grimm:un-cgi:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.