CVE-2005-4699

Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.

CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html	Broken Link Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://kimihia.org.nz/projects/tellme/files/tellme-1.2-1.3.diff	Product
http://secunia.com/advisories/17078	Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/19871	Broken Link Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22522	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html	Broken Link Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://kimihia.org.nz/projects/tellme/files/tellme-1.2-1.3.diff	Product
http://secunia.com/advisories/17078	Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/19871	Broken Link Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22522	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kimihia:tellme:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-12-31 05:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2005-4699

Mitre link : CVE-2005-4699

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-4699

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Products Affected

kimihia

tellme

CWE

CWE-88

Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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