Campas cgi-bin file executes remote commands

Risk Level: High risk vulnerability  High

Check or Attack Name: Campas

Platforms: NCSA Servers: Old, Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Description:

The campas CGI program contains a vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute commands on a web server with the privileges of the user owning the server process. The campas program is included as a sample CGI program in some older versions of the NCSA server.

Remedy:

The campas CGI program is not required for the normal functioning of your web server and should be deleted.

References:

BUGTRAQ Mailing List, Francisco Torres <ftorres@CASTOR.JAVERIANA.EDU.CO>, Bug CGI campas, http://www.netspace.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9707c&L=bugtraq&F=&S=&P=1048


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