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Textor Webmasters Ltd listrec.pl does not adequately validate user input thereby allowing arbitrary commands to be executed

Vulnerability Note VU#711491

Original Release Date: 2002-09-24 | Last Revised: 2002-09-24

Overview

Textor Webmasters Ltd listrec.pl CGI script does not properly validate input to the "TEMPLATE" CGI variable, allowing arbitrary command execution.

Description

The CGI script listrec.pl by Textor Webmasters Ltd does not properly validate input to the "TEMPLATE" CGI variable. This value is passed to a shell, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the web server process.

Impact

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands with privileges of the web server.

Solution

See Vendor Status section.

Vendor Information

711491
 
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Textor Webmasters Ltd Affected

Notified:  September 23, 2002 Updated: September 24, 2002

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

[The vulnerability] was corrected some time ago. All live sites contain the fix.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

The CERT/CC has no additional comments at this time.

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3328

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Alexey Sintsov for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Shawn Van Ittersum.

Other Information

CVE IDs: None
Severity Metric: 4.28
Date Public: 2001-09-13
Date First Published: 2002-09-24
Date Last Updated: 2002-09-24 17:57 UTC
Document Revision: 5

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