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Russcom.Ping "domain" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA20236
Release Date: 2006-05-24
Last Update: 2006-05-31
Popularity: 5,181 views

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

Software:Russcom.Ping

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2615


Description:
Nomenumbra has discovered a vulnerability in Russcom.Ping, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

Input passed to the "domain" parameter in ping.php is not properly sanitised before being used in a "system()" call. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands (e.g. via the "|" parameter).

The vulnerability has been confirmed in the latest available version. Other versions may also be affected.

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

Provided and/or discovered by:
Nomenumbra

Changelog:
2006-05-31: Added CVE reference.


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