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CVE-2000-0677: IBM Net.Data: Command injection

CVE-2000-0677 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects IBM Net.Data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Buffer overflow in IBM Net.Data db2www CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long PATH_INFO environmental variable.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

• IBM Net.Data: all versions listed by NVD

References

• http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise60.php
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4976