Marcus Xenakis manual.php Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:3718

Info

Marcus Xenakis manual.php Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3718
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2001-1214
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 15 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:06AM
Credit: Discovered by BlueScreen / Florian Hobelsberger <[email protected]> and posted to the BugTraq mailing list on December 15, 2001.
Vulnerable: Marcus S. Xenakis Unix Manual 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Marcus Xenakis manual.php Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

The script manual.php is used to display unix style man pages to users through a web interface. It accepts user input on the URL which is passed directly to a shell command. By including metacharacters such as ; or | in the script's input, it is possible to execute arbitrary commands as the web server process.

Exploit / POC

Marcus Xenakis manual.php Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Marcus Xenakis manual.php Arbitrary Shell 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]>.

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Marcus Xenakis manual.php Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

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