Re: Easily and Remotely Pipe a Covert Shell on phpBB version 1.4.0 and below

From: Joao Gouveia (jgouveiaat_private)
Date: Fri Aug 10 2001 - 08:30:10 PDT

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    This has been reported to phpBB staff on May 16, and forwared to Bugtraq by
    me some days ago.
    
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: <kill-9at_private>
    To: <bugtraqat_private>
    Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 8:20 AM
    Subject: Easily and Remotely Pipe a Covert Shell on phpBB version 1.4.0 and
    below
    
    
    > note to editors: please leave all links intact.
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    > Easily and Remotely Pipe a Covert Shell on phpBB
    > version 1.4.0 and below
    >
    > found and written by: kill-9at_private
    > http://www.modernhacker.com
    (...)
    > Note: phpBB team has known about this vulnerability
    > and failed to alert the public. Their acknoledgement is
    > seen in the 1.4.1 source code comments.
    
    See my other post.
    
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    Regards,
    
    Joao Gouveia
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