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CSNews.cgi vulnerability

Family:

CGI abuses

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2003 John Lampe

Summary:

Checks for the csnews.cgi file

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2002-0923

Bugtraq_id:

4994

Xrefs:

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Description:

The CSNews.cgi exists on this webserver. Some versions of this file
are vulnerable to remote exploit.

An attacker may make use of this file to gain access to
confidential data or escalate their privileges on the Web
server.

Solution : remove it from the cgi-bin or scripts directory.
Risk factor : High