Alkalay man-cgi topic command injection
| mancgi-topic-command-injection (22351) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
man-cgi from Alkalay could allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary shell commands caused by a vulnerability in the man-cgi.cgi script. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request containing the '|' pipe character to the man-cgi.cgi script using the topic parameter to inject arbitrary shell commands.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- man-cgi Web site: Index of /software/man-cgi.
- BID-14893: Alkalay.Net Multiple Scripts Arbitrary Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-3094: Avi Alkalay man-cgi script allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the topic parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 19519: Avi Alkalay man-cgi topic Variable Arbitrary Command Execution
- SA16887: Alkalay man-cgi "topic" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-1809: Alkalay Scripts Multiple Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Alkalay man-cgi
Reported:
Sep 15, 2005
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