Description
Kootenay Web KW Whois 1.0 CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "whois" parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Kootenay Web Inc whois 1.0 - Remote Command Execution EDB-20370 · remote · Oct 29, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1883 vdb-entry
- kw-whois-meta(5438) vdb-entry
- 20001029 Re: Remote command execution via KW Whois 1.0 (addition) mailing-list
- 20001029 Remote command execution via KW Whois 1.0 mailing-list
- http://www.kootenayweb.bc.ca/scripts/whois.txt