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WebHints Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15652
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Release Date:
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2005-06-13
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | WebHints 1.x
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
blahplok has reported a vulnerability in WebHints, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the query string in "hints.pl" isn't properly sanitised before being used in a "open()" call. This can be to inject arbitrary shell commands via the "|" character.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.0.3. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
Provided and/or discovered by:
blahplok
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