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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2005-4699 json

Argument injection vulnerability in TellMe 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to modify command line arguments for the Whois program a…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4693

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • exploitlabs.com http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://www.osvdb.org/19871 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

References

Sources

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