7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.9 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
80.7%
Buffer overflow in the whois client, which is not setuid but is sometimes called from within CGI programs, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
whois:whois | whois | eq | 4.5.7 |
whois:whois | whois | eq | 4.6.6 |