CVE-1999-1436

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1998-07-08 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1436, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Ray Chan WWW Authorization Gateway 0.1 CGI program allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the "user" parameter.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1436

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P