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CVE-2002-0061
published 2002-03-21

CVE-2002-0061: Apache for Win32 before 1.3.24, and 2.0.x before 2.0.34-beta, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (a | pipe…

PriorityP353high7.5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCPIPAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
56.70%
99.0th percentile
Apache for Win32 before 1.3.24, and 2.0.x before 2.0.34-beta, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters (a | pipe character) provided as arguments to batch (.bat) or .cmd scripts, which are sent unfiltered to the shell interpreter, typically cmd.exe.

Affected

2 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachehttp_server< 1.3.241.3.24
apachehttp_server>= 2.0.0 < 2.0.342.0.34

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path/cgi-bin/test-cgi.bat
commandGET /cgi-bin/test-cgi.bat?|<command>| HTTP/1.1
filenametest-cgi.bat
  • Detect HTTP requests to .bat or .cmd CGI scripts containing a pipe character '|' in the query string or URI arguments, which is the shell metacharacter used to inject arbitrary commands.
  • Monitor HTTP GET requests targeting /cgi-bin/test-cgi.bat with a '|' character in the query string as the primary exploitation vector for this CVE on Apache Win32.
  • Alert on any web-accessible .bat or .cmd file requests containing pipe '|' characters, as the vulnerability affects any batch file accessible via the web, not only the test-cgi.bat file.
  • Note that exploitation typically results in command execution as SYSTEM; monitor for cmd.exe spawned as a child process of the Apache httpd process on Windows.
  • ·This vulnerability is Windows-platform specific and does not affect Apache on Linux/Unix systems.
  • ·Affected versions are Apache for Win32 before 1.3.24 and 2.0.x before 2.0.34-beta; the shell interpreter involved is typically cmd.exe.

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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