CVE-1999-1479 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-1999-1479

The textcounter.pl by Matt Wright allows remote attackers to execute...

Vulnerability Description

The textcounter.pl by Matt Wright allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

matt wright

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Affected Software

textcounter
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 2001
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.