CVE-2000-0941

critical

Description

Kootenay Web KW Whois 1.0 CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "whois" parameter.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5438

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2000-0928

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1883

http://www.kootenayweb.bc.ca/scripts/whois.txt

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0420.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0419.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2000-12-19

Updated: 2026-09-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13461