CVE-2005-4699

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-015-tellme.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

http://kimihia.org.nz/projects/tellme/files/tellme-1.2-1.3.diff

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

http://secunia.com/advisories/17078

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/19871

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Exploit Patch

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22522

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0107.html