01 Record
CVE-2001-0849
viralator CGI script in Viralator 0.9pre1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL for a file being downloaded, which is insecurely passed to a call to wget.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
viralator CGI script in Viralator 0.9pre1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL for a file being downloaded, which is insecurely passed to a call to wget.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-11-22 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-11-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 43a636669e6b14929c46906493cb4b9c75f1b5afcd4d80bd0eae1c66bf59ad8e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20011101 Vulnerability in Viralator proxy extensionhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100463639800515&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comviralator-cgi-command-execution(7440)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7440
- www.securityfocus.com3495http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3495
- viralator.loddington.comhttp://viralator.loddington.com/changes.html