CVE-1999-0985: Cc Whois

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 8.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Cc Cc Whois: version 1.0 only

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