CVE-2005-4699
Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify...
Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.
- Record
CVE-2005-4699- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-88
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.
- Record
CVE-2005-4699- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-4693 No score
Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2005-4693- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qmhp-32vc-r662 No score
Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify...
Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program and obtain sensitive information via "--" style options in the q_Host parameter.
- Record
GHSA-qmhp-32vc-r662- Weakness
- CWE-88
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2005-4699 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Kimihia Tellme, published December 31, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.86%, the 79th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22522
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html
kimihia.org.nz/projects/tellme/files/tellme-1.2-1.3.diff
exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt
secunia.com/advisories/17078
osvdb.org/19871
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4699
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qmhp-32vc-r662