VID |
21731 |
Severity |
40 |
Port |
80, ... |
Protocol |
TCP |
Class |
CGI |
Detailed Description |
The FtpLocate program is vulnerable to a command execution vulnerability in the the fsite parameter. FtpLocate is a Web search engine for FTP sites written in Perl. FtpLocate versions 1.5 through 2.02 could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed to the fsite parameter of the flsearch.pl, flmodule.pl, and flserv.pl scripts. A remote attacker could inject shell meta-characters ('I' or ';') to execute arbitrary shell commands on the system with privileges of the Web server process.
* References: http://secunia.com/advisories/16218/ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/406373/30/0/threaded http://securitytracker.com/id?1014570
* Platforms Affected: Chung-Kie Tung, FtpLocate versions 1.5 through 2.02 Any operating system Any version |
Recommendation |
No upgrade or patch available as of June 2014. |
Related URL |
CVE-2005-2420 (CVE) |
Related URL |
14367 (SecurityFocus) |
Related URL |
21540 (ISS) |
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