Buffer overflows in forms.exe CGI program in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Buffer overflows in forms.exe CGI program in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) Administration Server 3.3 through 4.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to the parameters (1) Mode, (2) Certificate_File, (3) useExpiredCRLs, (4) listenLength, (5) maxThread, (6) maxConnPerSite, (7) maxMsgLen, (8) exitTime, (9) blockTime, (10) nextUpdatePeriod, (11) buildLocal, (12) maxOCSPValidityPeriod, (13) extension, and (14) a particular combination of parameters associated with private key generation that form a string of a certain length.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 11
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.3 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.4 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.5 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.6 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.7 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.9 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.0 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
| cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.2 | Vulnerable | Valicert |
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.3 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.8 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.9 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1 Vulnerable ·Valicert
- cpe:2.3:a:valicert:enterprise_validation_authority:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.2 Vulnerable ·Valicert
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0949
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4pfw-pf6q-r4x8
References
More Valicert Enterprise Validation Authority vulnerabilities
- TI-2001-00904 Forms.exe CGI program in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) 3.3 through 4.2.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2001-00905 Cross-site scripting (CSS) vulnerability in ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2001-00907 ValiCert Enterprise Validation Authority (EVA) Administration Server 3.3 through 4.2.1… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2001-0949 · CVE Program
- CVE-2001-0949 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4pfw-pf6q-r4x8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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