CVE-1999-0983: Internic Whois Lookup

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Whois Internic Lookup program whois.cgi allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the domain entry.

Affected products

• Internic Whois Lookup: version 1.0 only

Published 1999-11-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.