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MyQuiz "myquiz.pl" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA18737
Release Date: 2006-02-06
Last Update: 2006-02-14
Popularity: 5,171 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:MyQuiz 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0628


Description:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu has reported a vulnerability in MyQuiz, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "ENV{'PATH_INFO'}" variable in "myquiz.pl" isn't properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands.

Example:
http://[victim]/cgi-bin/myquiz.pl/ask/;[code]|

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.01. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Aliaksandr Hartsuyeu

Changelog:
2006-02-14: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://evuln.com/vulns/57/summary.html


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