CVE-1999-0984

Summary

CVE-1999-0984 is a vulnerability affecting Matt's Whois program's whois.cgi feature. This issue allows remote attackers to execute commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the domain entry input. Successful exploitation could lead to serious consequences, including unauthorized system access and data theft. Attackers can easily take advantage of this vulnerability by manipulating the domain entry data sent to the whois.cgi script. This flaw poses a significant threat to systems running this outdated software and requires immediate attention and patching.

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