Dream Catchers Book of Guests CGI Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
BID:3483
Info
Dream Catchers Book of Guests CGI Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 3483 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Oct 30 2001 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Oct 30 2001 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Discovered by David Kumme <[email protected]> and posted to BugTraq mailing list on October 30, 2001. |
| Vulnerable: |
Seth Leonard Book of Guests 1.0 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Dream Catchers Book of Guests CGI Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Book of Guests is a CGI script used to maintain a web based guestbook.
The script fails to properly validate user-supplied CGI parameters, which are used to send email via a shell command. Maliciously formed URLs submitted to the script may contain shell commands which will be run with the privilege level of the webserver (ie 'nobody').
Book of Guests is a CGI script used to maintain a web based guestbook.
The script fails to properly validate user-supplied CGI parameters, which are used to send email via a shell command. Maliciously formed URLs submitted to the script may contain shell commands which will be run with the privilege level of the webserver (ie 'nobody').
Solution / Fix
Dream Catchers Book of Guests CGI Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.