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Webmin Unspecified Command Execution Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA26885  
Release Date: 2007-09-24
Last Update: 2007-11-08

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Webmin 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-5066 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Keigo Yamazaki has reported a vulnerability in Webmin, which can be exploited by malicious users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands by requesting a specially crafted URL.

Successful exploitation requires valid user credentials and that Webmin is running on a Windows system.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.380.

Solution:
Update to version 1.380.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Keigo Yamazaki, LAC Co., Ltd.

Changelog:
2007-09-26: Added CVE reference.
2007-10-05: Updated "Provided and/or discovered by" and "Original Advisory" sections.
2007-11-08: Updated version number from 1.370 to 1.380 based on new information from the vendor.

Original Advisory:
Webmin:
http://www.webmin.com/security.html

Keigo Yamazaki:
http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/95_e.html



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