AnyForm CGI script allows remote execution of arbitrary commands |
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Risk Level: | High | Check or Attack Name: AnyForm |
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Platforms: | Common Gateway Interface (CGI) | |
Description: | The AnyForm cgi-bin program contains a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute programs on a web server. This is present in AnyForm2, version 2 of the AnyForm program by John Roberts. |
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Remedy: | Disable access or execute permission to the AnyForm2 script and upgrade to AnyForm version 3 or greater. |
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References: | University of Kentucky AnyForm Web Site, AnyForm - HTML Form Processor version 3.2, http://www.uky.edu/AnyForm WWW-Security Mailing List, SECURITY HOLE: "AnyForm" CGI, http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/www-security/archives/0802.html |
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