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CVE-1999-0983

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-11-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Whois Internic Lookup program whois.cgi allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the domain entry.

Affected products

• Internic Whois Lookup: 1.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0983
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0983

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