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CVE-1999-1469

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute...

7.5 High

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request with (1) a long URL, or (2) a long User-Agent MIME header.

Exploit likelihood

1.79%Up 0.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request with (1) a long URL, or (2) a long User-Agent MIME header.

Record
CVE-1999-1469
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request with (1) a long URL, or (2) a long User-Agent MIME header.

Record
CVE-1999-1469
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-1450 No score

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request with (1) a long URL, or (2) a long User-Agent MIME header.

Record
EUVD-1999-1450
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mv62-jpgw-4vgg No score

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute...

Buffer overflow in w3-auth CGI program in miniSQL package allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an HTTP request with (1) a long URL, or (2) a long User-Agent MIME header.

Record
GHSA-mv62-jpgw-4vgg
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-1999-1469 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Hughes Technologies W3-auth, published September 30, 1999. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.79%, the 78th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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