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CVE-2001-0849 — HIGH severity vulnerability (viralator CGI script in Viralator 0.9pre1 and earlier allows)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0849
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-12-06
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionviralator 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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